Adjudicator: Rebecca Vines MA, BA, FRSA, FVCM, LLAM, LALAM, LGSMD, ALAM, ATCL, ANEA, CertGSMD
Please select ONE poem from the three alternatives set.
All poems can be found in LAMDA’s “Anthology of Verse and Prose” Volume XVI
Any problems in obtaining any poems please contact Ann Reed: speechanddramadpaforguk (speechanddramadpaforguk)
Class Number | Class Name | Level | Time | Trophy | Fee | Set Piece | |
6144 | Set Poem | 4 years | x | DPAF Trophy | £6.50 | An Alien Education – Andrew Collett Chips – Stanley Cook Words that Describe the Eating Habits of Two Dinosaurs and my Cousin – Jeff Moss | |
6145 | Set Poem | 5 years | x | DPAF Trophy | £6.50 | He was a Rat – Anon Hair – Max Fatchen Soar the Swordfish – Stewart Henderson | |
6146 | Set Poem | 6 years | x | DPAF Trophy | £7.00 | Monster – Richard Edwards Friends – Elizabeth Jennings The Boy who dropped Letter – Lindsay MacRae | |
6147 | Set Poem | 7 years | x | Rosemary Milton Shield | £7.00 | Marmalade – Peter Dixon Watch your Teacher Carefully – David Harmer At the End of the School Day – Wes Magee | |
6148 | Set Poem | 8 years | x | Frederica Tomlinson Cup | £7.00 | Tiger – Leslie Norris The Silver Fish – Shel Silverstein The Song of the Mischievous Dog – Dylan Thomas | |
6149 | Set Poem | 9 years | x | DPAF Trophy | £7.00 | Skating – Herbert Asquith My Mother saw a Dancing Bear – Charles Causley Daydreams – Berlie Doherty | |
6150 | Set Poem | 10 years | x | Junior Verse Speaking Cup | £7.00 | Wolf – Chris Eddershaw Pigeons – Richard Kell Bad Day at the Ark – Roger McGough | |
6151 | Set Poem | 11 years | x | DPAF Poetry Performance Trophy | £7.00 | Tich Miller – Wendy Cope Calling in the Cat – Elizabeth Coatsworth About his Person – Simon Armitage | |
6152 | Set Poem | 12 years | x | Lady Mary Trefusis Picture | £7.00 | Paint – Walter de la Mare Applemoon – Rose Flint The New Foal – Ted Hughes | |
6153 | Set Poem | 13 & 14 yrs | x | Cornwall Cup | £7.00 | Mrs Reece Laughs – Martin Armstrong At the Theatre – A P Herbert The Rivers Song – Brian Patten | |
6155 | Set Poem | 15 & 16 yrs | x | DPAF Trophy | £7.50 | Mid Term Break – Seamus Heaney To Paint the Portrait of a Bird – Jacques Prevert Song of a Battery Hen – Edwin Brock | |
6157 | Set Poem | 17 & 18 yrs | x | DPAF Trophy | £7.50 | The Great Gales Rage in the Trees – George Barker Birth of a Foal – Ferenc Juhasz Cinderella – Gwen Strauss |
The Wilkinson & Grant Trophy will be awarded by the Adjudicator for
the most promising performer in the Speech and Drama Section
Where a trophy is shown for more than one class, the highest mark in these classes will win the trophy
Winners in individual classes will receive a DPAF Trophy, a plaque or medal which may be kept