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Michael Morpurgo
20 March 2013
'Shakespeare once wrote 'The play's the thing.....' And he was right, but not entirely right, actually! The story's the thing, and the play is simply the most powerful way of telling it.
I discovered why only the other day. I went to meet the new cast of the play of 'War Horse' (a story that has been both a book and a film of course). Around me as I told stories of Devon and farming and the First World War, were 40 or so actors coming together for the first time to make a play. So not one person telling a tale (which is what I usually do) but a huge company bringing heart and soul and all their considerable emotional energy, their intellect and acting talents to make a show that will entrance and horrify, rock audiences to laughter, move them to tears. Every show (and they will play to tens of thousands of children and young people), they will endeavour to make unforgettable.
The power of theatre, whether for young or old, lies in the collaboration of stories and ideas, the actors (and everyone back stage too of course) and most importantly the audience - we all make the play together, live it together, suspending disbelief together, bound in the same imaginative endeavour. For young people, coming to the theatre for the first time, the effect is electrifying, utterly compelling. It is live in front of their eyes, the story, the spectacle, the music, the lighting, the movement, the sound, the actors. Such an experience can change young lives. It informs and enriches us all.'
(Kaynak: dramaforlife)
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Ayrıca bakınız:
"Theope" oyunu yazarı Coşkun Büktel'le Sosyalist Sanatçı Hilmi Bulunmaz'ın sanatsal olanaklarını ilelebet ilga ve imhâ etmek için tam tamına 1100 kişilik LİNÇ KAMPANYASI düzenleyenlerden biri olan Bülent Sezgin, "2006 yılından beri Doğa Koleji'nde Drama ve Tiyatro Etkinlikleri Koordinatörlüğü sorumluluğunu sürdürmekte..."
"2006 yılından beri Doğa Koleji'nde Drama ve Tiyatro Etkinlikleri Koordinatörlüğü sorumluluğunu sürdürmekte" ısrar ve inat eden LİNÇ KAMPANYASI imzacılarından ve bu kampanyayı Boğaziçi Üniversitesi camiasında yaygınlaştıran Bülent Sezgin'in tercüme ettiğini iddia ettiği Saray Şairi Michael Morpurgo'nun 20 Mart 2013 Dünya Çocuk ve Gençlik Tiyatrosu Günü Uluslararası Bildirisi imiş
