By Lyn Gardner for The Guardian‘s Theatre blog, 17 March 2015 How should we introduce children to Shakespeare? I ask because it’s Shakespeare Week in primary schools, a nationwide initiative that aims to introduce the under-11s to the plays of the man who is inevitably dubbed in the online trailers as “the world’s greatest writer”. That always makes me think of Robert Graves’ pithy […]
By Ken Centers for The Oregonian/OregonLive, 10 March 2015 Rusty Tennant, director of Pacific University’s production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” is presenting a unique interpretation of the tragic love story. Verona is a contemporary high school instead of a city; Lord Capulet is its principal, and Friar Lawrence a counselor of the eager-youth-group-leader type. A handful of the characters are transgender, including […]
By Nadia Arandjelovic for The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), 16 February 2014 It’s no easy feat to turn Shakespeare’s works into rap. Devon Glover is known as the Sonnet Man. The Brooklyn, New York, native has made a name for himself taking The Bard’s sonnets and breaking them down into spoken word and rap. He has been able to inspire thousands of […]
By the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust We’re celebrating Shakespeare Week with family activities at each of the Shakespeare family homes! 16-22 March 2015 Shakespeare Week is the annual celebration of Shakespeare for millions of primary school children and their families. To celebrate Shakespeare Week, we’re hosting a very special Midsummer Night’s Dream puppet show and we need your help to create the characters and props!
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