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Newstead Wood’s School and The Globe’s Sonnet Project 2003

10th - 27th June 2003

To commemorate the bi-centenary of Wordsworth’s sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge Shakespeare’s Globe and The Wordsworth Trust has published a collection of poems entitled ‘Earth has not anything to shew more fair’. This brilliant collection edited by Peter and Alice Oswald contains the best of contemporary writers who have composed their own sonnets on the theme of Bridges.

Schools were invited to participate in the project and have produced their own body of work: sonnets, poets in residence and Globe specialists visiting selected schools for in-house work-shops. The students sonnets will be published eventually on the Globe’s website.

Newstead Wood’s exhibition of sonnets will be on display at Ripley Arts Centre from 10th –27th June and is the summit of the school’s activities over the year.

This will be a unique commemorative contribution to the Globe’s project. Newstead is delighted to have been selected by the Globe as one of its key schools and Newstead is always keen to participate in a culture of celebrating creativity.

Open evening 17th June 7.00-9.30pm when all are welcome without appointment. Renaissance dancers will perform .

Photo credits: Top, Nik Milner
Bottom, Donald Cooper