Embarking on this project, I remembered that the first theatre productions took place in a church. The church is a place for hope, a sanctuary of faith. A school, on the other hand, represents the power of knowledge. King's Chapel was, therefore, a most appropriate place to embody the significance of the Nativity - a play about the difficulty of putting aside human knowledge and letting faith guide actions.'
Marie-Eve
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On Friday 26 March 2010, students performed a dramatised reading of the anonymous medieval play Ludus de Nativitate (‘A Nativity Play’), in the Chapel at the Strand Campus. This was the fifth year that the department had sponsored a medieval Latin play, and this was the largest production yet, with 19 students acting and 11 others working behind the scenes. Joining in, under the guidance of the King’s Choir director, David Trendell, were Kiann Chow, playing a violin prelude, and Helen Lewis, singing the interlude. The play was produced by Dr Jacqueline Glomski and Professor Anne Duggan from the History Department; and directed by Marie-Eve Bertrand, assisted by Dina Vucne, both students on the English Department's MA in Text and Performance.
Photos from the 2010 Latin Play have been posted on the Department's facebook page.
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Strand Campus
Strand, London, WC2R 2LS