The Royal Shakespeare Company creates theatre at its best, made in Stratford upon Avon and shared around the world. We place a special emphasis on sharing Shakespeare’s work with children and young people. We believe that young people get the most out of Shakespeare’s plays when they see them performed live and actively explore the text ‘on their feet’. This means speaking the words out-loud and bringing tried and tested RSC rehearsal room approaches into the classroom through our resources.
The Royal Shakespeare Company creates theatre at its best, made in Stratford upon Avon and shared around the world. We place a special emphasis on sharing Shakespeare’s work with children and young people. We believe that young people get the most out of Shakespeare’s plays when they see them performed live and actively explore the text ‘on their feet’. This means speaking the words out-loud and bringing tried and tested RSC rehearsal room approaches into the classroom through our resources.
This pack supports the RSC’s 2012 production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Iqbal Khan as part of the World Shakespeare Festival, a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright.
The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-4 students studying or seeing
the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. The pack is divided up into 8 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: About our Education work; About ensemble;
More resources; Introductory notes; Tradition versus modernity; Behind Hero’s public mask; The masquerade party; Hero’s nightmare & The shaming of Hero . There are activities within each section which follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. The pack also contains text based resources and key speeches from the play.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
This printable worksheet & information pack responds to ideas directly from the RSC rehearsal room and suggests activities that you might use with your students in the classroom when studying Richard III by William Shakespeare.
Richard III, directed for the RSC by Roxana Silbert, is part of the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival.
Roxana é Ti Green, the production designer, were keen to explore the dynamic of private conversations taking place in public on the streets of London.
The activities in this pack are inspired by The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. They can be used either as stand-alone practical approaches to this play or as supporting activities for students seeing the production. They have been designed with
KS3 to KS5 students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. Some are best
suited to an open space such as a hall, but many can be used in a classroom.
Download and print the text and resources of the key scenes from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare explored by the Shakespeare Unlocked team. Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
Download and print the text of the Macbeth scenes explored by Shakespeare Unlocked, to use with your students in class. Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC.
A download and print sheet of the the text of the key scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
A download and print text resource of the Romeo and Juliet scenes explored by the Shakespeare Unlocked series. Please refer to the other Shakespeare Unlocked resources on this site.
The full Shakespeare Unlocked resources can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtvpl
Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
Shakespeare Unlocked brings Macbeth to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare’s text.
There are 12 short films for each play: 3 scenes filmed in colour, in the theatre and 8
workshops filmed in black and white, with actors and directors exploring those scenes.
There is also a short film about this theatre production. These films can be found on the BBC site.
Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC.
Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare’s most popular plays to life for young people. Includes teaching materials and videos for your class, showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare’s text. There are 12 short films for each play: 3 scenes filmed in colour, in the theatre and 8 workshops, filmed in black and white, with actors and directors exploring those scenes. There is also a short film about this theatre production. These films can be found on the BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtvpl
Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
This pack supports the RSC’s 2012 productions of Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest directed by RSC Associate Director David Farr. These productions were part of the World Shakespeare Festival and the three plays were cross-cast within one acting company and one shared environment; creating a world of shipwrecks, grief, laughter, love and reunion.
The activities in this pack are inspired by the themes in the three plays and can be used either as stand-alone practical approaches to the plays or as supporting activities for students seeing the productions. They have been designed with KS3 students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. Some are best suited to an open space such as a hall, but many can be used in a classroom.
The pack is divided up into 10 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: Introduction and About our Education work; About the plays; From the director David Farr; Internationalism and migration;
About the director Amir Nizar Zuabi; Egeon’s speech; Themes and ideas in the plays; Activities; Storytelling and improvisation and More resources. There are activities within each section which follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
This pack contains questions and resources to stimulate discussion about the play I, Cinna (The Poet) and issues it raises. There are more resources for teachers on the I, Cinna (The Poet) on the TES and RSC websites including classroom drama activities on both I, Cinna (The Poet) and Julius Caesar.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 onwards.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
The activities in this pack are inspired by Tim Crouch’s 2012 production of I, Cinna (The
Poet). They can be used either as stand-alone practical approaches to this play or as
supporting activities for students seeing the production or web broadcast. They have been
designed with KS3 students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. Some are best
suited to an open space such as a hall, but many can be used in a classroom.
This downloadable Shakespeare resource pack contains questions to stimulate discussion about the play Julius Caesar.
There are more resources for teachers, including classroom drama activities on both Julius Caesar and I, Cinna (The Poet), on the I, Cinna (The Poet) website.
This practical activity pack is inspired by Gregory Doran’s 2012 production of Julius Caesar.
They can be used either as stand-alone practical approaches to this play or as supporting
activities for students seeing the production. They have been designed with KS3 students in
mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. Some are best suited to an open space such
as a hall, but many can be used in a classroom.
This printable information pack contains Shakespearean context and a glossary for teachers and students who are studying or watching a performance of Julius Caesar or I, Cinna (The Poet).
Download our other packs for drama and discussion activities.
Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare’s most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare’s text. The Teachers’ Pack is aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 English but it can also be used for Key Stage 5 and Theatre Studies.
It includes: An introduction to each of the three scenes; Suggestions for ideas to consider with your students before and after watching each scene and workshop film and activities to further students’ understanding
of the play.There are 12 short films for each play: 3 scenes filmed in colour, in the theatre and 8 workshops, filmed in black and white, with actors and directors exploring those scenes. There is also a short film about this theatre production. The pack follows the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and is driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. The films can be found on the BBC site here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtvpl
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
What kind of 'hero' is Hamlet? How does he compare to Shakespeare's other heroes? Director Michael Boyd discusses Hamlet's situation.
This video is the the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2004 production of Hamlet.
Director Dominic Cooke of the RSC's 2004 production of Macbeth discusses how he 'sets the scene' in this extract, allowing the audience to see what Lady Macbeth's life is like when Macbeth isn't there and emphasizing her isolation, loneliness and removal from a family life.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 onwards.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
Actor Greg Hicks plays Macbeth in the 2004 production and believes the whole play is leading up to the moment we see in Act 5 Scene 5. He also discusses the play's theme of free will and fate and suggests that Macbeth had no control over his destiny.
A resource that can be used to lead discussions as to the power of magic and the supernatural in Shakespeare's plays, the position that magic held in Tudor society and then within the court of James I and how magic and the supernatural are key elements within other Shakespeare plays and why.
Suitable for upper Key Stage 2 onwards.
Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources
The exercises included in this printable worksheet resource pack are practical group activities based on the 2006 production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Sean Holmes. They can be used by you with your group in any large, clear space.
