Sunday, January 3, 2010

Teaching the Language of Drama: Entry One

Happy New Year to all and welcome to another gruelling semester. Work hard and do have fun at the same time. The results for the short story course last semester was not too bad, but I hope you will ALL aim for an A this time around. You can do this by maintaining or improving the quality of work from what you produced the last time.

To start off our blog response exercise, I am interested to find out how much knowledge of drama you already have.

Please list literary texts from the drama genre that:

1. you have read. Were they read for leisure or for course requirements?

2. you have seen. Were they performed on stage or were they adapted for the film?

3. you have heard of but have not yet read.

Please DO NOT FORGET to write your name and matric number when you respond.

Please respond by WEDNESDAY 6th January 2010
(so we can discuss this during Thursday's tutorial).

Thank you.

55 comments:

  1. 1. Macbeth, Trifles, Death of A Salesman and Pygmalion(as long as i can remember). Sincerely, I read these is due to course requirements.

    2. Tunku The Musical. It was performed on the stage.

    3. A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet.

    SAW HUA JI
    150187

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  2. 1.Pygmalion,Macbeth,Trifles and Death of A Salesman.Im not a fan of dramas but since we have to read them,I did and amazingly some of the dramas really captured my attention and it became leisure.

    2.The dramas that I saw was Tunku The Musical during our English Camp in IPIK and we acted out the Pygmalion,I considered that it was performed on the stage.

    3.Hamlet,A Midsummer Night's Dream,Romeo and Juliet and something to do with Oedipus and stuffs,I cannot remember the name.

    G.GOGILAVANAN
    150174

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  3. 1. Macbeth,Pygmalion, Trifles and Death of Salesman.. =) n i read these due to the course requirement..

    2. the one and only..Tunku The Musical..i've watched it during the English Camp..it was a very amazing performance ( since i've never seen any before.. =) )

    3.Romeo and Juliet..err..i think so.. =)

    NORJUNILAILA BT AZHAR
    150153

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  4. 1.Pygmalion,Macbeth,Trifles and Death of A Salesman. Actually, I am not the type who read dramas. But, I read all the dramas above due to my course requirement. And to be sincere, some of the dramas are interesting too.
    2.Tunku The Musical. It was performed on the stage during our English Camp and we acted out The Pygmalion in our foundation class.
    3.A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and any Malaysian dramas on stage.

    PORSHOTHMAN
    150144

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  5. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles, and Death of a Salesman. To be honest, I read all these dramas due to my course requirement. However,some of the dramas are quite interesting.
    2. Tunku The Musical. It was a stage performance.
    3. Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

    Narinder Kaur
    150152

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  6. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Trifles.

    2. I was granted the opportunity to watch a musical theatre entitled 'Tunku D'Musical'when i attented Language Camp during my foundation year.. It was my very first theatre watch. the theatre featured some prominent figures such as Tony Eusoff and Douglas Lim.

    3. Thus far, i have only heard of shakespeare's plays.They are King Lear, Romeo and Juliet(love at first sight), Hamlet, Othello, Midsummer Night's DReam and the Merchant of Venice.

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  7. 1. Pygmalion, the death of a salesman, and trifle. i read those dramas because of my course requirement but i did enjoy reading some of the plays.
    2. Tunku the musical performed on stage by local actors. i really enjoy myself watching this play. love it so much.
    3. To be honest i am not really into dramas, most common one would be Shakespeare's play.


    shahrulnizam abu bakar
    150145

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  8. 1. Dramas that I have read are ‘Macbeth’, ‘Pygmalion’, ‘Death of a Salesman’, and ‘Trifles’ if I remember correctly. However, honestly I can confirm that I read all of these for the course requirements.

    2. During Tesl camp in 2007, my friends and I watched ‘Tunku The Musical’ at KLPAC. It was a live performance. For film, I have ‘Romeo and Juliet’ adapted from the Shakespeare’s famous play but I only did some skimming and scanning since the language is quite difficult to understand

    3. Dramas that I have heard of but not yet read are ‘Hamlet’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ‘Julius Caesar’, and many more.

    Hanan bin Mohd Nor
    150175

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  9. for me...

    1. Pygmalion,Macbeth,Death of salesman,Trifles.(course requirement)

    2. Tunku The Musical.(one and only)

    3. Othello,Midsummers Night's Dream.

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  10. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles, Death of a Salesman. Like most, it was for course requirement that i read them. There're a few more in the list which unfortunately, i can't remember their titles ><

    2. 'Tunku The Musical' - staged in KLPAC during our English Camp back in 2007 and 'My Fair Lady' - the adaptation of Pygmalion into a movie.

    3. Othello, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Tweflth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V and many of Shakespeare's works.

    CHIN YU HUI
    150149

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  11. 1)Pygmalion,Macbeth,Trifles,and Death of a salesman. this drama i read for couse requirement and i also read King Lear for leisure.

    2)Unfortunately i did not see any dramas yet on stage because when all of my friends went to see the Tunku The Musical i was sick.

    3)I have heard a lot from shakespear and had a collection of mine especially the hard cover one which is Twelve Night,The Merchant of Venice,King Henry The Fifth,Julius Caesar,and A Midsummer-Night's Dream. i also had a collection of Charles Dickson Which is A Tale of Two Cities, Ceaser and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw,and Great Expectation by Charles Dickens.

    Wan Mohd Fadhli Bin Wan Saipuddin
    150147

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  12. Macbeth,Pygmalion, Trifles and Death of Salesman..

    Tunku The Musical...i paid Rm40 for a halfway theater

    Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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  13. 1. Pygmalion,Macbeth,Death of salesman,Trifles.(course requirement)

    2. Tunku The Musical...Tesl Camp...3 star only out of 5..sorry my friends

    3. Puteri Gunung ledang...Tuah vs Jebat...

    mohd nakhaie bin abd malik
    150161

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  14. 1. Pygmalion,Macbeth,Trifles,Death of a Salesman.I read all of these for the course requirement.

    2. Tunku The Musical - it was a stage performance at KLPAC during our English Camp in 2007. My Fair Lady-the adaption of Pygmalion iton a movie .

    3.Romeo and Juliet

    NUR 'AQILAH RUSDI
    150185

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  16. As for me..
    1) Pygmalion, MAcbeth, Death of Salesman and Trifles.. i read because of course requirement.. i had once read a play for leisure during my school time but i can't remember the title..

    2) Tunku The Musicals. It was performed by Tony Yusoff as the main actor (Tunku). It was on stage at KLPAC. Play that i have watch - My Fair Lady, Romeo and Juliet and Sound of Music (long time ago.. when i was in primary school)

    3)Hamlet, Othello and Midsummer Night DReam

    ABDUL HAZIQ BIN KARIM
    150164

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  17. 1. As I remember, it were Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles,and Death of A Salesman. Surely I read these due to the course requirements.

    2. the only theater I attended so far, Tunku The Musical. It was performed on the stage at KLPAC in 2007.For movie,My Fair Lady', which is the adaptation of Pygmalion into a movie, and a few parts from Macbeth, during today's class.


    3. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet.


    MOHD HANIS KHAIRI BIN AHMAD NADZRI
    150182

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  18. 1)macbeth
    death of a salesman
    pygmalion
    (course requirement)

    2)pygmalion (adaptation of film & have done the play)
    tunku the musical (performance)
    *cohort 4 performances- a)mirage
    b)the frame
    c)never be
    3)romeo and juliet


    MOHD FAIZ BIN YUSOF
    150180

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  19. Ahmad Zahri Bin Asbani
    150168
    B.Ed.TESL Twinning Programme

    The dramas that I have read are 'Macbeth', 'Pygmalion', 'Death of A Salesman' and 'Trifles'. I read these texts for my course requirement.

    I have watched 'My Fair Lady','Tunku the Musical' at KLPac and Cohort 4 plays such as 'Never Be,Mirage and The Frame'. 'My Fair Lady' is adaptation to film from 'Pygmalion' while 'Tunku the Musical' and Cohort 4 plays are merely performances at stage.

    The dramas that I have heard about but didn't have the chance to read are 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet'.

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  20. The drama that i have read are "Macbeth", "Pygmalion", "Death of a Salesman" and "Trifles". i read this because of my course requirement.

    i have watch "Tunku the Musical" at KLPac and "MY Fair Lady" the adaptation of Pygmalion. i also watch the plays that was performed by Cohort 4.

    the drama that i have heard but didn't read are "The Midsummer Night Dreams", "hamlet", and "Romeo & Juliet"

    Ahmad T%ajuddin Sulaiman
    150167
    B. Ed TESL COHORT 5

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  21. so far, there are the list:
    1) I've read :MACBETH+PYGMALION+THE DEATH OF THE SALESMAN+TRIFLES.

    2) I had watched a few performances like;TUNKU THE MUSICAL in KLPAC, few years back. i did watch few dramas performed in Istana Budaya during my primary school.

    3) Of course there are hundreds of dramas heard, but i dont have chance to read it. some are :TAPE+HAMLET+TRYING TO FIND CHINATOWN.

    Amalina Ahmad,
    150170(TESL, fifth cohort)

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  22. 1. Macbeth, Trifles, Death of A Salesman, The Pygmalion —all for course requirements. But I do enjoy reading some of them

    2. Tunku The Musical – watched the performance on stage. The Pygmalion— acted in it; so it was kind of performance on stage.

    3. Hamlet, A Mid Summer Night’s Dream, Othello

    NOR FARHANA OTHMAN
    150154

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  23. 1.To be honest,i don't find drama to be exciting to be read for leisure.I read them for the sake of course requirement but it has given me positive insight about literature(drama esp) and i'm loving it now :) to date,as i can remember,the ones that i've read are Pygmalion, Macbeth, Death of A Salesman & Trifle.

    2.The one's that i've watched were Pygmalion & Macbeth on the DVD.I've watched plays of Taj Mahal, Ramayana ( English version) and Midsummer Night's Dreams which i've acted on stage as a kid with The Temple of Fine Arts.I've also watched a musical play called "Tunku" with my coursemates at KLPac few years ago.

    3.The most famous play that i've heard of for many many years would be Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet.That's all as I'm yet to discover more of plays

    Guhaneswwari S.Sivasharen
    150150
    B.Ed TESL
    IPTI-UPM Cohort 5

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  25. Hi all...
    1. The drama that i have read will be the same as the others...Pygmalion, Macbeth Trifle and Death of a Salesman..i do enjoy Pygmalion and Macbeth..
    2. The drama that i have watched is Tunku the Musical and The Merchant of Bollywood. Besides i have watched a movie which is adapted from Pygmalion, My Fair Lady..And of course Macbeth in today's class.. : )
    3. The drama that i have heard but have not yet read will be Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello
    MOHD FAHMI BIN AZIZULLAH
    150140

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  26. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles, Death of a Salesman; I read them because of requirement, but i like the drama after all.

    2. Tunku The Musical; It was a stage performance. i was so amazed at that time.

    3. Phantom of the Opera; Is it a play? I think so and I love it.

    Ahmad Norsyafiq Bin Mohd
    150166

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  27. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Trifles. I read this because of the course requirement, frankly speaking.

    2. Tunku The Musical. It was on stage performance. A very nice experience though to watch it.

    2. I would like to read Hamlet. Sounds very cool.

    Fahmi Fahrruzi
    150171

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  28. 1. pygmalion, trifles, etc.read for course requirement but after all pretty enjoyable!
    2. Tunku the Musical at KLPAC during TESL Camp and acting out Pygmalion..bravo performance from B.Ed 2=p
    3.ever heard about The Swordfish,Then The Concubine by Kee Thuan Chye.hope get to know in depth cz it's from our local writer.

    siti hamidah
    150188

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  29. Hi everybody! Along my studies, I have read 'Macbeth', 'Pygmalion', 'Death of a Salesman' and 'Trifles'. All of them are in my course during the foundation and 1st year degree.

    For the plays, I've watched 'My Fair Lady', 'Tunku the Musical' and last but not least 'Macbeth'.

    The drama that I've heard but haven't read are 'Midsummer Night Dreams', 'Frogs', 'Romeo and Juliet'. =)

    Mohd Fikri Fahami bin Kamarudin
    150181 B.Ed TESL Cohort 5

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  30. 1. I have read Death of A Salesman,Trifle and Pygmalion. At first I read in purpose of course requirements but by the end of the semester, I think I like those dramas especially Death of A Saleman

    2. The only I have seen is ‘Tunku’ the musical drama at KLPac. It was 3 years ago.

    3. The Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer’s Night and Romeo and Juliet are very familiar but still have no chance to read them. How I wish.

    Nurul Husna Binti Mohd Noor
    150186

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  31. Mohd Syahir B. Hamzahtulhikmal
    150142
    B.Ed TESL
    IPTI-UPM Cohort 5

    1. Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles, and Death of a Salesman.I read all these dramas due to my course requirement.

    2. Tunku The Musical. It was a stage performance.

    3. Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet.

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  32. 1-Trifles, Macbeth,Pygmalion & Death of a Salesman. I've read all of these for the course requirement.

    2- I haven't read the actual drama text for these plays, but the only "official" stage play that I've watched so far is Tunku The Musical at KLPac. Quite a stupendous experience anyway... i think i've seen few plays adapted into films and one of them is Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart. I love it. It was about an old Hollywood comedian Fanny Brice played by Barbara Streisand. God she was pretty!

    3- i would like to read The Merry Wives of Windsor & The Merchant of Venice both by Shakespeare, To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee & any plays from Shel Silverstein.


    NUR ZIATULLIANA BT LIAS
    150156

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  33. 1. Macbeth, Trifles, Death of A Salesman and Pygmalion. These four drama that i can rememeber reading it.And to be honest, I read those is due to course requirements.

    2. So far, i only watched Tunku The Musical in 2008 during our TESL Camp organized by IPIK. We watching it live in the KLPAC. Superb performance!

    3. A lot! Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet i watched it on TV few years back. To be honest, I dont prefer reading drama.

    Mohd Shazwan bin Mohd Dom
    150162

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  34. 1.Death of A Salesman,Pygmalion,Trifles and Macbeth..I read those because of course requirement but later i found that dramas are interesting actually.

    2.Tunku The Musical at KLPac during our English Camp in 2007.It was awesome as my first experience watching live theatre.Not forgotten,Cohort 4 performances during the last semester before holiday.

    3.Romeo and Juliet,Hamlet..I am still looking for that.

    NUR AQILAH BT AHMAD
    150155

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  35. 1. The drama that i have read will be the same as the others...Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifle and Death of a Salesman..and I want to add another drama that my friends forgot to mention it here, Florence…all of this drama I learn for the course requirements and I do enjoy them..(n_n)

    2. The drama that i have watched is Tunku the Musical and The Merchant of Bollywood. I wathched The Merchant of Bollywood with my best friend, Fahmi and we bought lanyard as a memory. Besides I have watched a movie which is adapted from Pygmalion, My Fair Lady during my foundation class..And of course Macbeth in today's class.. =)

    3. The drama that I have heard but have not yet read will be Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello

    WAN MOHD NAJAT BIN WAN NAWANG
    150148

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  36. 1. the same answer like others, Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifle, Death of the Salesman and Florence. i learnt them all because of the course outline.
    2. tunku the musical, the first musical drama i ever watched live. they were performing on stage
    3. the thing is that i never have this drama kind of things background.so i hardly know any drama from local or abroad. that's im here.to learn more..=)

    MOHD FAIZ BIN MOHD NOOR
    150141

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  37. 1. Like the others, “Pygmalion”, “Macbeth”, “Trifles” and “Death of a Salesman” are the dramas that I read for the TESL course requirement. There are still a few more which I hardly recall the title at the moment.
    2. First one is “Tunku The Musical”, a stage performance in KLPAC during the TESL Camp 2007 in IPIK. Second one is “The Fair Lady” which adaption of Pygmalion into a movie that watches as a reference on drama performance.
    3. Othello, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Hamlet, King Henry The Fifth,Julius Caesar

    TAN JIAN XIONG
    150146
    B.Ed.TESL Cohort 5

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  38. 1. The drama that i have read are Death of a Salesman, Trifles and Pygmalion. however, i admit that i read those dramas just for course requirements. thus, for this semester, i'll looking forward to expand my understanding in appreciating drama.

    2.Tunku-performed by well-known theatre performers. really enjoying it.

    3.Sophocles-Oedipus the King. this drama looks like a historic item which i really like.

    ZAINULARIFFIN BIN SHAFIE
    150189

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  39. 1. Same answer like my friends.....Pygmalion, Macbeth, and Death of a Salesman. Frankly speaking, I read those because of the course outline.

    2. Tunku The Musical in KLPAC. I love the main actor, Tony Eusoff. Nice voice, good in acting.

    3. Romeo and Juliet perhaps....

    AHMAD ZAKWAN B JOHAN
    150169

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  40. 1. Pygmalion, Macbeth Trifles, and Death of A Salesman for course requirement. I tried to read Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet but found it difficult to understand.

    2. I have not seen any dramas on stage because when my friend went to TESL CAMP and watched Tunku The Musical on stage, I had to present IPGM in SIPMA, Kedah. I had experinced once act and watch My Fair Lady-adaption from Pygmalion in class

    3. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello.

    SITI SURAYA NORDIN
    150157

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  41. 1.Trifles,Macbeth,Pygmalion,Death of a Salesman for course requirement.

    2.Like the other friends, watched Tunku the Musical drama at KLPAC during our TESL camp. Performed on the stage.

    3.Paradigm shift, night owls.

    ♛Mohd Hasif Izzat bin Abdullah Halim♛
    150183

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  42. 1. Some dramas that I've read are Pygmalion, Macbeth, Trifles and Death of a Salesman. basically, I do read them for my course requirement. However, those dramas are interesting and i have fun reading them.

    2. So far, I only have the chance to watch Tunku the Musical, performed at KLPAC.

    3. Some other dramas that I've heard about are Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.

    ADANI MAIZAN BINTI MOHAMAD
    150165

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  43. 1. As i remember, i have read Macbeth,Trifles,Death of A Salesman and Pygmalion .Honestly, i read all these dramas because of course requirement.

    2. Tunku the Musical at KLPAC during our TESL Camp in 2007.It was my first time that I had watched a live performance at there.It was marvellous and enjoyable to watch.

    3. 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.

    MOHD ISHAN BIN MOHD SHARIN
    B.Ed TESL COHORT 5
    150184

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  44. 1. Macbeth,Pygmalion,Death of the Salesman and Trifle. i read these dramas because of the course requirement and exam.but i do read Romeo and Juliet for leisure.hehehe..

    2. Tunku The Musical,performed at KLPac in 2007. it was amazing and so much fun.

    3. i've heard about Midnight's Summers Dream and Hamlet and also King Edward.

    Siti Zubaidah Mohd Nor
    B. Ed TESL COHORT 5
    150158

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  46. 1. Haha.. I think I have done those dramas just like my other coursemates. 'Macbeth', 'Pygmalion', 'Trifles', 'Death of a Salesman' and there is another one which I totally forgot the title. xD

    2. Tunku the Musical was the only staged play I have seen so far.

    3. Generally, I have heard of some of William Shakespeare's dramas. The dramas that I have come aross so far are A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest, Henry IV,V,VI...

    LEONG FONYI
    150178

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  47. 1. Macbeth, Pygmalion, Trifles, Death of a Salesman.it's because of the course requirements

    2. Tunku the Musical

    3. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet

    Hanisah bt Zainal Bahrin
    150176

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  48. Pygmalion, Macbeth Trifle and Death of a Salesman-course requirement

    tunku the musical-performed on stage

    romeo & juliet

    ikram muzakkir b mohamad
    150139

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  49. 1- pygmalion, macbeth and Death of a Salesman. Of course i read it coz of course requirement. haha, though i think above all subject that i took in Tesl ,the only subject that i can score is literature but reading drama is something i think last in my list :)

    2-oh, i love to watch drama especially the musical. however, i just watch twice. it is Tunku The Musical and Darai GhazalTerakhir or Darai Melayu Terakhir, which is a Malay theater.

    3-Hamlet.

    Helmy Nadzrin
    150138

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  50. 1- pygmalion,macbeth,death of a salesman,trifles and i read all these because of the course requirement.

    2- tunku the musical and it was very interesting.tony eusoff is so handsome.. =p

    3- romeo and juliet

    farah noorfarhana bt rezemi
    150172

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  51. FARIZ REZZA BIN AHMAD SUBKI
    150173

    1. Pygmalion, Macbeth and Death of a Salesman. But only because i have to read it.

    2. Tunku the Musical and it was performed on stage

    3. Romeo and Juliet and lot other from Shakespeare.

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  52. 1)Pygmalion- we have performed it in class during foundation...

    Macbeth- we only go through the drama and hav enot performed an act because insufficient time

    Death of Salesman- we studied the drama before our final

    2) Tunku The Musical - we went to see their performance by professional artist during our TESL camp

    3) Phantom of The Opera - i heard of this drama a lot of time but haven't have time to study the drama...


    MUHAMMAD IKRAM B. MUSTAFA
    150143

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  53. 1) The dramas that i have read and studied are Macbeth, Pygmalion, Death of a Salesman and Trifles. They were all read and studied for course requirements.

    2) Tunku the Musical,and Nightmare. They were performed on stage.

    3) Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and many other works of Shakespeare. Oh, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

    LEE SUE YEN
    150151

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  54. 1) I dont read drama in my leisure so i have very few in my list. But ive read Macbeth and pygmalion, also Death of a Salesman and Trifles which all are read purposely for course requirements.

    2)Tunku and Musical is the only drama i watched during our TESL Camp few years back.

    3) However ive heard of a lot of amazing drama that i longed to watch. they are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, To kill a Mockingbird, and many more.

    Nurulnatasha Basok
    150163

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  55. 1. I have read Pygmalion and Macbeth in my foundation years.To be honest, i read them just because its my course requirement.

    2. Tunku The Musical is the first drama or theatre that i have watched.

    3. I have heard about Hamlet, Romeo & juliet. I am looking forward to read or watch these performance


    Mohandas Naidu Perumal
    150179

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