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Cambridge
Public School Drama Collaborative • CPS •
Department of Drama and Dance
Unit Title: Introducing Shakespeare, Moloney et. al. Finding the "beats" in Shakespeare's verse
Students stand in a circle. Each student receives a copy of the following texts from Shakespearean plays. To clap the rhythm, clap loudly on the words typed in all capitals and quietly on the words typed in small letters. THE WEIRD SISters, HAND in HAND POSters OF the SEA and LAND, THUS do GO, aBOUT, aBOUT, THRICE to THINE, and THRICE to MINE, And THRICE aGAIN, to MAKE up NINE. PEACE! the CHARM'S WOUND UP! --MacBeth
When IciCLES hang BY the WALL, And DICK the SEHPherd BLOWS his NAIL, And TOM bears LOGS inTO the HALL, And MILK comes FROzen HOME in PAIL, When BLOOD is NIPP'D, and WAYS be FOUL, Then NIGHTly SINGS the STARing OWL, Tu-WHIT; Tu-WHO, a MER-ry NOTE, While GREASy JOAN doth KEEL the POT. --Love's Labour's Lost
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