How Shakespeare Influences The Way We Speak Now

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How Shakespeare influences the way we speak now Hephzibah Anderson Even if you’ve never seen a Shakespeare play, you’ll have used one of his words or phrases. Hephzibah Anderson explains his genius – and enduring influence. If you missed Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, you can be sure he’d have had a zinger of a putdown to…

A rose by any other name…

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Ever wondered how Shakespeare’s words would have sounded in the accent of the time? I was once told that it would have sounded more like American english, so I was certainly curious when I saw this video. A clever professor chap and his actor son give a side by side comparison of some original text…

Shakespeare ‘a cultural icon’ abroad

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William Shakespeare is the UK’s greatest cultural icon, according to the results of an international survey released to mark the 450th anniversary of his birth. Five thousand young adults in India, Brazil, Germany, China and the USA were asked to name a person they associated with contemporary UK arts and culture. Shakespeare was the most…

How to teach Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Best ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Book Version for Primary Schools I think this Orchard adapted story by Andrew Mathews and Tony Ross book is great for Primary schools to get familiar with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Click here for more info But remember ‘ The PLAY is the thing….’

BBC Education The life of Shakespeare

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“There is only one way to experience Shakespeare’s plays and that is live, you have to feel them as an audience or as a performer. This is the best way to understand them. We provide these resources ideas as possible ways in but we are making live entertainment and our shows will bring you the…

What Was Shakespeare’s Theatre Like?

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“There is only one way to experience Shakespeare’s plays and that is live, you have to feel them as an audience or as a performer. This is the best way to understand them. We provide these resources ideas as possible ways in but we are making live entertainment and our shows will bring you the…

Shakespeare Characters Colour in Pictures

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Circus Colour In Pictures

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Circus Skills Resources. Circus Pictures to Colour for Circus Project [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here to download Circus Project Color in Pictures [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

How to teach Macbeth. Create a Shakespeare Play in a Day.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ‘How to teach Macbeth. Create a Shakespeare play in a day.’ [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Watch this video on Youtube ‘This is a great cartoon version from the BBC Animated Tales with the wonderful Brian Cox and Zoe Wanamaker in the leads.'[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We recommend this picture book versions of Macbeth by Andrew Mathews illustrated by Tony Ross.…

Words, Words, Mere Words: Shakespeare Will Goes on Display

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This one is for the Shakespeare fanatic but still fascinating. It looks at the legal documents signed by the Bard. Read the article here https://londonist.com/2016/02/by-me-william-shakespeare-exhibition-review?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”blog-sidebar”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

How did Shakespeare speak?

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This is an awesome clip with Michael Rosen on how Shakespeare’s work sounded at the time of being written. It is great as loads of the rhymes make sense and take Shakespeare away from the ‘posh’ accent that sometimes put student off. Enjoy… Click here to go to the clip

The Shakespeare Algorithm

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The Shakespeare Algorithm Here is an interesting article from The New Yorker by Alastair Gee. The original article is here. In 1727, a writer and editor named Lewis Theobald was preparing to unveil “Double Falsehood,” a tragicomedy that he said was based on manuscripts of a lost play by Shakespeare. “The good old Master of…

Peter Brooks A Midsummer’s Night Dream

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Have a listen to this amazing talk with Peter Brook about his groundbreaking production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What it helps us understand is how the view of Shakespeare’s play as historically fixed entities has opened up, that we set can them anywhere . As Judi Dench says’ you can’t mess about with Chekov,…