Creative Shakespeare: The Globe Education Guide to Practical Shakespeare

by Fiona Banks

This book seeks quite simply to share the many experiences of Shakespeare's Globe Education team of their active approach to teaching students of all ages. The book mixes some theory with lots of examples and practical ideas teachers can take and use for their own lessons.

Genres: Shakespeare, Nonfiction

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Debbie Baker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good ideas, but they were a bit buried. The activities were not clearly outlined, and the book suffered from poor editing (typos, muddled heading/subheadings). Could have used either cutting, or some stronger ideas to replace parts, and some serious organization help.

[Phillip Goodchild · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid information for the teacher who is just starting out in trying new and engaging ways to teach Shakespeare to drama students. Many if these exercises would work in a traditional English classroom. Some obvious things here, but I like how this gives an overall plan of attack, or the choice of taking bits and pieces. The real test is that I have used several of the exercises with my high school Theatre classes here in the US... And they seem to work well. Hurrah!

[Betty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was disappointing after reading the RSC's Toolkit for teachers. There were a few hints that would be useful for teaching, but a lot of it is fairly superficial.