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I Invented Swingball Shakespeare And Now I Go Around Town Getting People To Play It.
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I Invented Swingball Shakespeare And Now I Go Around Town Getting People To Play It.

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I wanted to get people playing on the streets of Newcastle town. I had seen pictures from the fifties of kids swinging around lampposts. I also wanted people saying Shakespeare in public. Suddenly the two came together, make lampposts into swingball and make a game that features people having to read shakespeare, and learn the Iambic Pentameter by striking the ball only on the weighted foot of the rhyme. I think people find it fun. It will hopefully also broaden peoples interest in the arts.

More info: thekidshouldseethis.com

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    I am an artist of sorts, who works with people.

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    I am an artist of sorts, who works with people.

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