Teaching Shakespeare 17 available
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Issue 17 (Spring 2019) of Teaching Shakespeare is now available to download. Back issues are also available. Read More »
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Twelfth Night, A Shakespearean Rock Opera!
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Hello, I’m Dylan J Morris, student of Maths at Durham University, mad fan of Liverpool FC and composer of the Shakespearean rock opera (!) Twelfth Night. I’m delighted to have been invited to write a blog for the BSA about my show – which is based on my favourite Shakespeare play... Read More »
New Book: Ursula Potter on ‘The Unruly Womb’
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The Unruly Womb in Early Modern English Drama by Ursula Potter The Unruly Womb in Early Modern English Drama was written with the aim of appealing to undergraduate and senior high school students interested in ideas about puberty and family in Shakespeare’s time and how they... Read More »
Shakespeare at the Alt Academy in Oldham
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Alt Academy is part of The Harmony Trust and part of the trust’s pledge is that the children have the opportunity to appear on stage. The school is part of a group of five schools in the area and they are lucky enough to have a Drama Co-ordinator and teaching staff who recognise... Read More »
Sir Jonathan Bate on Shakespeare at Gresham College
Gresham College has made recordings of several Shakespeare lectures by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate available on their YouTube channel: Shakespeare’s Heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihX-Gpj_qWE Shakespeare’s Lovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbqyA2jYQQ... Read More »
Royal Shakespeare Company – Shakespeare Learning Zone
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The RSC has launched its new Shakespeare Learning Zone which contains all kinds of useful information aimed at students and teachers. The website currently covers seven plays regularly performed and studied in schools – and there are plans to add more titles soon. The... Read More »
Back to school Shakespeare resources: helping students and teachers to embrace the ‘S’ word
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What could be more welcome at the start of a new academic year than a bunch of brand new digital resources for teaching Shakespeare? (OK, apart from the half-term holidays). Secondary English teacher Paul Wassell loves helping his students to open up and analyse literary texts,... Read More »
Roger Harcourt’s Speech at BSA Belfast
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Our newest honorary fellow, Roger Harcourt, has kindly agreed to the publication of the acceptance speech he delivered during the Belfast conference dinner. Download the Speech Read More »
Leeds Meets Shakespeare Video
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In December, Claire Chambers (English, York) and Sarah Olive (Education, York) wrote a post for this blog about the project Leeds Meets Shakespeare. Thursday 21st June saw the concluding celebration for the project at the Carriageworks Theatre. This included a welcome from Tribe... Read More »
Teaching Shakespeare: Digital Processes
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Members of the BSA may be interested by the following call for papers. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. Themed Issue: Teaching Shakespeare: Digital Processes Co-editors: Dr Henry Bell (Sheffield Hallam University), Amy Borsuk (Queen... Read More »