Shakespeare for all [electronic resource] : an account of the RSA Shakespeare in schools project. Volume 2 / edited by Maurice Gilmour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilmour, Maurice.

Series:

Cassell Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700.

English literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching (Secondary)--England.

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Herndon, VA : Cassell, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An account of the RSA Shakespeare in Schools project, which demonstrates that Shakespeare can be made accessible to students of all abilities from the age of 5 upwards. The book provides accounts of performances of Shakespeare plays at a number of secondary schools, and includes illustrated explorations of topics ranging from language to villains. It links the use of Shakespeare to the National Curriculum, emphasizing the fact that Shakespeare can be fun, even for very young students. The book has a companion Primary level volume.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Background; 2 Shakespeare in the Secondary School; 3 Groby Community College Measure For Measure with a Mixed-ability Group; 4 A Practical Approach to Shakespeare's Language; 5 Brookvale High School: Encounters with Shakespeare: His Life and Work; 6 South Charnwood High School The Tempest; 7 Market Bosworth High School: Shakespeare's Villains: Richard III; 8 An Approach to Shakespeare through Role Play; 9 Were the Aims of the Project Achieved?; 10 An Assessment of the Wider Issues; 11 Shakespeare in a Society of Diverse Cultures; Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-29134-X

9786611291341

1-84714-280-X

OCLC:

437129362