I thought you went to the Solomon Islands ages ago, Arthur!
Sorry for my mistake!
best wishes
SallyE
aged 26 I wish
on 7/9/04 4:50 pm, Arthur Seeley at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> No Sally, 61, which is why Ulysses carried some special meaning.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pennine Poetry Works on behalf of Sally Evans
> Sent: Tue 07/09/2004 15:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: ...poetry readings- thesping & A Question
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> Arthur, dont you mean you were 16????
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> oops!
> SallyE
>
> on 7/9/04 1:27 pm, Arthur Seeley at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> I was 61 and newly arrived in the Solomon Islands with other VSO volunteers.
>> The rest were sat playing cards by the light of a kerosene lamp and I was
>> reading Tennyson. I got to the piece" It's maybe we have reached the Happy
>> Isles" and the coincidence touched me. I asked if I could read the quote and
>> someone said " Read it all" so I did. I have a deep voice and the room was
>> small lit by a single lamp. I read it all the way through and from " Come my
>> friends..." I really 'thesped' in rolling thunderous tones. When I finshed I
>> looked uo and they had all laid down their cards and their eyes swam in the
>> soft orange light. The room was very quiet and someone sobbed. I was moved
>> also. I used to love reading to my class and used to really lay into " The
>> Revenge" and nary a sound from the kids. Good poetry does hit home and needs
>> to be read aloud. Arthur.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Pennine Poetry Works on behalf of Bob Cooper
>> Sent: Tue 07/09/2004 12:58
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Cc:
>> Subject: ...poetry readings- thesping & A Question
>>
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>> Yeh, at a Literature Festival a few years ago I found myself part of an
>> audience of Poetry Please being recorded for the BBC. The poets being
>> interviewed all put on their Radio Voices for the show - and went back to
>> normal afterwards with a drink in their hands - but hearing the thesps of
>> the actors was almost rush-to-the-loo stuff.
>> And a slight extension of the subject... (And it's a serious question about
>> our reading voicees) Has anyone ever heard a poet read somebody else's poem
>> as part of their reading? (And stated they were doing that!). I don't think
>> a singer-songwriter would get more than a murmur (of approval) if they
>> included one of their favourites in their performance.
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>> From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Hints on poetry readings- thesp
>>> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:15:14 +0100
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>>> thesp...wonderful verb, Grassy!
>>> bw
>>> SallyEon 29/8/04 2:58 am, grasshopper at
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>>> wrote:
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>>>> Correction - Blame it on the Zopiclone -that should be 'an unforgettable
>>>> experience'.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck with the reading, Matt. My GP told me that lots of - ahem -
>>>> artistes like concert pianists get so nervous they take beta-blockers.
>>> The
>>>> fact is that being an author doesn't mean you're a natural performer.
>>>> I just thought -- if anyone was so nervous they'd rather not do
>>> readings,
>>>> there must be plenty of out-of-work (resting) actors who'd be glad to do
>>> it.
>>>> Actors do a special voice for poetry - I think of it as 'thesping'.
>>>> Listening to an actor thesp a poem can be an forgettable experience.
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> grasshopper
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Merritt, Matt - Leic. Mercury"
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] Hints on poetry readings
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, the water's always a good idea. My throat dries up very quickly at
>>>> the
>>>>> best of times
>>
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