“totus mundus agit histrionem!” – “All the world’s a stage!”
Congratulations to a group of Second Year students who last week entered Ludi Scaenici, a Latin play competition, run by Westminster Under School.
It was the first time Trinity has entered the competition, and the students worked hard after their exams to learn their scripts and rehearse as a group.
Their original play was a comedy sketch about a family day out to watch the chariot races, in which a young boy learns an important lesson, all set in Ancient Rome.
The students competed against six other schools and delivered their lines (in Latin no less!) flawlessly – a huge achievement, well done! Other topics covered in the performances ranged from Echo and Narcissus to the Judgement of Paris to a story about a school inspection in Ancient Rome. The judges included Teachers of Classics from various schools, authors, publishers, and Mr John Taylor, a lecturer in Greek & Latin at Manchester University.
Although our students did not win the competition this time, they really enjoyed themselves and are already eagerly planning next year’s entry.
Miss Van Dal said, “It was wonderful to see students adapt to the challenge of spoken Latin so well, and we had some great comedy moments along the way whilst rehearsing – fun all round! Thank you to the students for bringing so much energy and enthusiasm to the competition – it was a real highlight of the end of the year in the department.”
Second Year student Abee said, “The Latin play competition was great fun, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Even though we had little time to prepare compared to other schools, we did very well. I would like to do this competition next year as well.”
Well done to all students from Trinity School in Croydon including: Seb, Freddie, Sam, Abee and Harith and Miss Van Dal for leading the charge!
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