Shakespeare’s Globe Emphasizes Education

The Times Higher Education reports on the relationship between Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and the world of academia and research.  The theatre has established undergraduate and postgraduate courses in collaboration with universities and hosts PhD scholars in their library.  In the article, the Globe’s director of education, Patrick Spottiswood, [...]

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With the Spring season ramping up, Shakespeare education news stories focus on upcoming student productions and competitions.  Here are a few highlights:

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks recently introduced young audiences to Shakespeare with stage combat, costume design, and slapstick comedy workshops for the fourth and fifth graders. The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Sheilah Winn [...]

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YSP tells The Winter’s Tale

On January 10, 2011 By

WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A SHAKESPEAREAN FAIRYTALE!!!

For the thirteenth consecutive year, YSP (Young Shakespeare Players — http://www.ysp.org)  is about to begin our full-length Spring Shakespeare production in a time slot especially suited to home-schooled actors!* This Monday morning, January 10, we will introduce The Winter’s Tale. This magnificent fairytale-like romance is unquestionably one [...]

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Louise Jameson of The Sunday Drama College in East Sussex will be directing an open air production of Romeo and Juliet in Gildredge Park, Eastbourne, this summer. Teenagers who are interested in working with professionals should visit The Sunday Drama College’s website.   Two free workshops at the Under Ground Theatre, Eastbourne Library, on March 21 [...]

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