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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1990
SCHOOLS ENGLISH DRAMA PROJECT WINNERS' PERFORMANCE
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NINETEENTH CENTURY RUSSIA, THE PLANET
VENUS, AND HEAVEN ARE FOR THEIR
THE IMAGINATIVE SETTINGS CHOSEN BY THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ENTRIES IN THE SCHOOLS ENGLISH DRAMA PROJECT.
AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF THEIR PERFORMANCES BEFORE A SCHOOL AUDIENCE HAS ENSURED THESE PLAYS A PLACE IN A SPECIAL GALA EVENING CULTURAL CENTRE ON SHOW BEFORE AN INVITED AUDIENCE AT THE HONG KONG THURSDAY (APRIL 19).
THE THREE SCHOOLS WERE AMONG 12 WHICH TOOK PART IN THE SCHOOLS LANGUAGE ENGLISH DRAMA PROJECT WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG
MANPOWER CAMPAIGN AND STEERED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION AND
THE COMPANY. BRANCH, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHUNG YING THEATRE
SCHOOLS TO USE PROJECT AIMS AT ENCOURAGING
DRAMA AS A MEANS OF AROUSING INTEREST IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING.
SAID
VERY TEACHERS
"ALL THE SCHOOLS TAKING PART HAVE BEEN MOST ENTHUSIASTIC,
JUDGES HAVE BEEN A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE. "THE IMPRESSED BY THE HARD WORK AND IMAGINATION THAT STUDENTS AND HAVE PUT INTO THEIR PRODUCTIONS PARTICULARLY AS FEW OF THEM HAVE ANY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE DRAMA.
"SEVERAL OF THOSE TAKING PART HAVE TOLD US THEY INTEND TO STAGE AN ENGLISH PLAY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
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THE THREE PRODUCTIONS SELECTED FOR THE GALA EVENING ARE "THE FROM GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR", ADAPTED BY SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE
BY KWUN TONG THE PLAY BY NIKOLAI GOGOL; "A VILLA ON VENUS", ADAPTED GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL FROM A PLAY BY KENNETH ΤΟ HEAVEN" BY ST CLARE'S LILLINGTON; AND "THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T GO GIRLS' SCHOOL.
PANEL FOLLOWING SCHOOL PERFORMANCES OF THE 12 PLAYS, A JUDGING
AND COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE BRITISH COUNCIL
SEVEN THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY HAS MADE AWARDS TO
SCHOOLS FOR NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN A PARTICULAR CATEGORY:
ORIGINALITY/INTERPRETATION
COMMUNICATION/DELIVERY
ENTHUSIASM
EXTENT OF PARTICIPATION
COSTUME
CARMEL PAK U SECONDARY SCHOOL, TAI PO
HO TUNG TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
ST CLARE'S GIRLS' SCHOOL
YAN CHAI HOSPITAL LIM POR YEN SECONDARY SCHOOL, TSUEN WAN
SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE
/SCENERY