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Geoff Hemstedt, lecturer at the University of Sussex, discusses with two English teachers the difficulties of teaching Hamlet to ‘A’ level students. The discussion centres on the length, the language,...
A video-based teaching pack with video clips from Trevor Nunn’s 1996 adaptation of the play, the 1988 Renaissance Theatre Company production directed by Kenneth Branagh, and interviews about the feature...
In two parts: ‘As You Like It’ and ‘Introducing Hamlet’.
Designed to arouse interest in the play by dealing with the basic elements: character study, imagery and structure.
Television Russian language learning series. This lesson includes footage from Innokenti Smoktunovsky in Kozintsev’s GAMLET (1964) and teaches the student how to say ‘to be or not to be’ in Russian.
The programme attempts to make Shakespeare’s words and ideas more accessible to young people. Using dramatic examples from contemporary versions of Shakespeare’s plays, students are helped to to...
Radio talk given by Geoffrey Crump, senior English master at Bedales School, concerning Shakespeare-related literary and drama work in schools.
An edited version of Roman Polanski’s Macbeth, narrated by Orson Welles, which follows the dramatic chain of event precipitated by Macbeth’s killing of Duncan. Shakespeare’s treatment of power and...
A resource for teaching Shakespeare focusing on the director’s role, character development and Shakespeare’s language. To illustrate the themes the video draws on Ralph L. Lane’s production of Othello...
Teaching pack on Twelfth Night featuring an interview with Trevor Nunn about his film adaptation of the play. Includes clips from the film, which are contextualised by commentaries from members of the cast...
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