In my friend group, I'm known as the Shakespeare fan. This is quite earned as I quote it, make my kids read it, attend most live plays I can, and watched lots of movies. This is a completely fair assessment. This means my friends turn to me when they want to know a good … [Read more...]
Henry V unit
Last summer our local theater company did a production of Henry V for Shakespeare in the park. We were out of town for several of the weeks the production was going, but we still made it three times. I would have gone more often, but that is hard to do when you're out of state. … [Read more...]
A case of mistaken identity, Shakespeare and comedy
My absolute favorite Shakespeare play is Midsummer Night's Dream. When I was in college a movie version of it came out. I happliy went to see it with my friends, and enjoyed an enchanting two hours of movie. I happily quoted along with the characters as the play progressed, was … [Read more...]
You can teach Shakespeare to your kids
As a kid, Shakespeare was always this big scary thing you weren't allowed to read until high school. I remember being insanely jealous some friends of mine were allowed to read/act out scenes of Hamlet in 8th grade. I don't know why it never occurred to me I could read … [Read more...]