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Teaching Shakespeare

Introduction Active methods Teaching Shakespeare: an overview Why teach Shakespeare?[rtoc] Abiding and familiar concerns Student development Language Otherness[/rtoc] Principles[rtoc] Treat Shakespeare as a script Make Shakespeare learner-centred Shakespeare is social Shakespeare celebrates imagination Shakespeare is physical Make Shakespeare exploratory Address the distinctive qualities of the play Choice and variety Shakespeare celebrates plurality Negative capability Shakespeare …

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Measure for Measure

List of characters Measure for Measure A problem play? The writer in his time The powerful and the powerless Justice and mercy Sex and sexuality The language of Measure for Measure Setting and staging William Shakespeare

Macbeth

List of characters Macbeth What is the play about The contexts of Macbeth Characters Witches and witchcraft The language of Macbeth Macbeth in performance William Shakespeare

The North Face of Shakespeare

Foreword Cicely Berry Preface to the new edition Introduction[rtoc] Using this book The organisation and content of the eight chapters Developing the use of drama to teach Shakespeare The teacher’s autonomy[/rtoc] Section 1: Active teaching Why use active methods to teach the plays?[rtoc] The North Face of Shakespeare The problem of monumentalism The teacher repositioned: …

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