I need an interpretive reading.

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tr3x
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Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:03 am
tr3x says... · Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:03 am
Hi all.
I'm entering a public speaking competition, and am required to perform an interpretive reading which is 5 - 8 minutes in length. It can be anything, poem, prose or even an excerpt from a novel, but it has to be a published work of literature. Right now I'm considering Edgar Allen Poe's 'A Cask of Amontillado' but its a bit dark. It can be humorous, romantic or action packed. Any ideas?
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Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:22 am
carbonCore says... · Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:22 am
From the great short-story humourists, I highly advise you to take a look at Jerome K. Jerome or O. Henry.
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Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:39 am
tr3x says... · Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:39 am
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was an inappropriate use of exclamation points. I loved Jerome K. Jerome's '3 Men in a boat'.
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