Reading of humorous verse

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34097, 8 March 1976, Page 18

Reading of humorous verse

“Jaberwocks and Jumb- . lies” was a reading of • 1 humorous and nonsense ! verse for adults and child- | ren presented by six adult readers, helped by eight i teen-agers and a small ! group of musicians, at the ‘ State Trinity Centre on : Saturday and Sunday after-

i noons as part of the Arts Festival programme. Unfortunately, advertisements for the readings had : not suggested what age the J programme was suitable for, and there were many younger children who, because they 1 could not understand what was going on. were bored by lit all and spent a lot of time running round, to the annoy- ■ ance of those who were interested. : The readings were all presented with good regard to the funny meanings of the I poems and pieces, hut the . laughs they got were often 'few and far between. The two Edward Lear pieces on the programme. , “The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy Bo” and “The Jumblies,” were among the best received by the audience, and were both extremely well performed. Some of the items were accompanied by music, some were not. A few were well rehearsed. However, a bigger and not quite so young audience on Saturday afternoon would certainly have improved the reception of the production, and the atmosphere would ' have been much more relaxed and appreciative. 1 —Felicity Price.