Introducing the play (preparatory information and activities) Putting on the play - An interview with (various famous Elizabethan actors) - Checkpoint (activities for written work following on from interview) - Production notes for a key scene - Focus on Shakespeare (an aspect of his life relevant to the play) - The Elizabethan theatre (focus on an aspect relevant to the play) Studying the play - Activities on genre - Plot - Characters - Features of the play (i.e. language - such as soliloquy, blank verse, songs, prose, oratory) - Focus on key speech - Forum (questions, answers and discussion following on from work on the key speech) - Comparison with another play (key speech or scene or character) Preparing for SATs - Exam technique - Revision (how to revise and activities) - Model questions - Homework

 

This book is part of a book series called Starting Shakespeare .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers .

* John Mannion is a former Head of English at a beacon school. He has worked on a website aimed at high achieving students taking the NEAB GCSE. John Mannion is the author of the Collins School Grammar series. He also co-wrote Collins English Programme and English Solutions (Longman).

This book has the following chapters: Introducing the play (preparatory information and activities); putting on the play; an interview with. (various famous Elizabethan actors); checkpoint (activities for written work following on from interview); production notes for a key scene; focus on Shakespeare (an aspect of his life relevant to the play); the Elizabethan theatre (focus on an aspect relevant to the play); studying the play.