Wednesday 18 June 2014

How do you mark this??

Here's a script that came into my hands, written by three Japanese junior high school students in their second year of learning English. I've anonymised the actors’ names and translated the stage directions, but otherwise it’s exactly as written.
2A Rosencranz Guildenstern Estragon 

Let’s go to London


RosencranzThey arrived in London.
It became the London Keion Stage
GuildensternPassworld when I take a photograph.
Repeat after me.
The sky of London.
The taxi of London.
The English of London.
We who are in London.
EstragonOk!
The sky of London.
The taxi of London.
The English of London.
We who are in London.
Wow!! we take nice picture ★δΈ‰
RosencranzThen Let's go sightseeing!
They're going to tell you about Big Ben!
GuildensternThis is Big Ben!
The Houses of Parliament Connect to the Big Ben.
Very famous tourist attraction.
EstragonLet's take a picture!!
GuildensternRepeat after me.
we who are looking at Big Ben!!
EstragonWe who are looking at Big Ben!!
Wow! nice picture again.
RosencranzIt's time to finish
All together-r-r!!
Good bye 
I honestly think, if Berkoff had added Amerika to his Kafka adaptions, it would have looked a lot like this.

But seriously—how the hell am I supposed to “mark” and “correct” this thing?