And there speaks the pen of a master poet.
Pushkin pierces the heart with its truth...
These types of poems have something deep to
say about the physical existence of being human.
Pushkin pierces the heart with its truth...
These types of poems have something deep to
say about the physical existence of being human.
Antarah ibn Shaddād, son of an Arab king and an enslaved Black girl, won such fame on the battlefield and for his poetry that he later became the hero of the Romance of ʿAntar, an Arabic folk romance.
... the seven poems called ‘Moalaqa’ in Arabic,
which means poems that you will always remember.
The seven poems are considered as the greatest poems in Arabic history, and they are well known among the Arab people throughout time.
Mr. Rameau enacts Antarah,
known as one of the three “Arab Ravens”
of the pre-Islamic period –
a black slave warrior who becomes a knight and a poet,
It is a frightening portrait of inhumanity,
survival, love, gallantry
made all the more moving
because of the actor's quietly forceful delivery.
An anthology of poetry devised and performed by Jovan Rameau Directed by Petronia Payley
The accent is on lyric and dramatic verse, poems that are meant
to be spoken and to be acted. Mr. Rameau's aim is to shake poetry free of literary abstraction and communicate its visceral dramatic power.
Intentional, observant, a charismatic storyteller is Rameau with a sonorous voice.
Mr. Rameau is an extremely articulate actor with a profound feeling for the meaning behind the words. His thoughtfully fearsome rendition of Yeats' "The Second Coming" makes the poet's prescient "things fall apart" meditation ("And what rough beast, its hour come round at last ...) chillingly immediate.
The accent is on lyric and dramatic verse, poems that are meant
to be spoken and to be acted. Mr. Rameau's aim is to shake poetry free of literary abstraction and communicate its visceral dramatic power.
Intentional, observant, a charismatic storyteller is Rameau with a sonorous voice.
Mr. Rameau is an extremely articulate actor with a profound feeling for the meaning behind the words. His thoughtfully fearsome rendition of Yeats' "The Second Coming" makes the poet's prescient "things fall apart" meditation ("And what rough beast, its hour come round at last ...) chillingly immediate.
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