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Hamlet Scheme of Work LITB2 »
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Shakespeare Film Making »
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This is an interactive assignment on Shakespeare and you have been asked by a production company to help them complete a short film on the famous playwright.
Watch the video.
Discuss it with your classmates.
- What messages are coming across in this short film?
- What does the title suggest “The Bard and The Barred”? Who is The Bard and who might be The Barred?
- What do you think about the comments of the girls?
- How do you respond to the man’s comment at the end?
- The film was shot in two locations. Where are they? Why are they important...
Shakespeare’s Sources »
Categories: Shakespeare, Shakespeare - Other Activities and Resources
A play’s ‘source’ is the thing that influenced it. It might mean that a similar play or story existed before and has been adapted by the playwright or that the playwright is responding to a person, event or theme in recent history.
The Merchant of Venice is based on The Jew of Malta
Richard III is a direct reply and homage to Edward II.
King Lear and Hamlet are both reworkings of earlier popular plays. ‘
Macbeth was written for James I/VI and the porter scene is no longer funny as it is a satire on one of the leading figures in The...
[ read full article ] »An Introduction to William Shakespeare »
Categories: Shakespeare, Shakespeare - Other Activities and Resources
The Person
[The information below was kindly contributed by Sue Shearman. All rights are reserved and subject to the consent of the author.] © 2006
Q. ‘But we don’t know anything about Shakespeare’.
A. Actually, we know quite a lot, but it’s much more fun to pretend there’s a mystery.
The ‘curse’ on Shakespeare’s grave
It is true that we don’t know exactly when he was born, but there is a record of his baptism on April 26th 1564. This is a mystery as he should have been baptized, by church law, on the first holy day...
[ read full article ] »Significant People in Shakespeare’s World »
Categories: Shakespeare, Shakespeare - Other Activities and Resources
The People
[The information below was kindly contributed by Sue Shearman. All rights are reserved and subject to the consent of the author.] © 2006
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Robert Dudley – Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley was a favourite of Elizabeth I till his death in 1588. She is thought to have wanted to marry him, but he was already married and when his wife died in suspicious circumstances in 1560 all possibility of marriage was gone. Elizabeth banned him from court for secretly...
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