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The Link Magazine' December 1998
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Shakespeare Festival features on radio documentary

West Swindon's festival of Shakespearian studies is becoming nationally recognised with exposure on Radio 4 in December.
The half hour programme on tensive phase. Jack Greene, who 560 children will attend a series of Project coordinator Greendown
Wednesday 9 December, 11am, plays an Elizabethan Pedlar spent performances by the Salisbury teacher Tim Noble said the play
called Golden Lads and Girls, looks a day in each of the participating Playhouse and Sixth Sense Thea- gave schools the chance to study
at how Shakespeare is being taught schools in the last week of Novem- tre Company. other subjects. "Apart from its
in different parts of the country. ber and The Tempest will be staged Radio 4 presenter Phillippa themes of revenge and forgiveness,
The bard features strongly in the at Westlea and Greendown before Richie spent a day recording in The Tempest was written soon af-
Literacy Hour introduced by the Christmas. Tregoze primary is November and was impressed by ter the discovery of the Americas.
Government from September. putting on a production in March. what she saw. "It is very impres- The first line that Miranda says is,
Hundreds of children at West On 19 November, a group of sive how young children are un- 'Oh brave new world that has such
Swindon primary schools and parents took part in a workshop to derstanding and appreciating people in it.'
Greendown School are learning find out more about the play and Shakespeare's language and act- "History, geography and human
lines to put on performances of had a go at directing a scene with ing it out with such enthusiasm." relations are all part of the study."
The Tempest or taking part in year 7s from Greendown.
workshops. The festival, spon- On 4 December Swindon South
sored by National Power and WH MPJulia Drown will visit a teacher
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