2007 National Shakespeare Competition
Via News on the Rialto:
The results are in for the 2007 National Shakespeare Competition for high-school students:
16,000 students and 2,000 teachers from across the United States participated in a curriculum-based program designed to help high school students develop their communications skills and appreciation of language and literature, through the study, interpretation and performance of Shakespeare’s monologues and sonnets.
The winner was Adam Brown (17) from the Youth Performing Arts School in Kentucky. He performed Sonnet 130, a Shylock speech from The Merchant of Venice, and a cold reading of a Berowne speech from Love’s Labour’s Lost. And thanks to the magic of the Internet, we can watch his winning performance.
You can see videos and read interviews for all of the finalists at the New Globe website. Man, sometimes I love the Internet.
May 21st, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Bill still does a better Shylock.
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:31 am
Hey, thanks!
I’m wondering what constitutes a “cold reading” in this competition. That Berowne speech looks pretty well rehearsed.