Why We Should Introduce Shakespeare to Young Children (and How to Make It Fun)
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Why We Should Introduce Shakespeare to Young Children (and How to Make It Fun)
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What's in this episode?
- For many of us, getting through Shakespeare at school was difficult and tedious. Turns out, it doesn't need to be that way.
- In this episode, actor Isabel Burton shares lots of different ways to make Shakespeare fun and engaging for young children.
- I have included some of my favourite children's books of Shakespearen plays or his life.
Books, plays and humans mentioned:
- 'Macbeth' (1605) by William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare (playwright)
- The Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595) by William Shakespeare
- The Bell Shakespeare Players
- 'Romeo and Juliet' (1968 film by Zeffirelli)
- Elizabethan (1558-1603) and Jacobean (1603-1625) London
- Queen Elizabeth I
- King James I
- 'Sam Stars at Shakespeare's Globe' (2006) by Pauline Francis, illustrated by Jane Tattersfield
- 'As You Like It' (1599) by William Shakespeare
- 'The Lion King' (1994) (Disney)
- 'The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" (1998) (Disney)
- 'Othello' (1604) by William Shakespeare
- 'Just Macbeth' (2009) by Andy Griffiths
- Puck's final speech in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Act V, Scene 1)
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (2021) by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Jane Ray
Recommended books for primary school-aged children:
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (2021) by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Jane Ray
- 'Sam Stars at Shakespeare's Globe' (2006) by Pauline Francis, illustrated by Jane Tattersfield
- 'The Story Orchestra: A Midsummer Night's Dream' (2024) by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, Music by Felix Mendelssohn
- 'The Shakespeare Stories' (2014) by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross
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