Introducing Shakespeare: Shakespeare Workshop

Introducing Shakespeare includes plays from the Shakespeare Workshop series which are often studied by students in junior and middle secondary years, with an introduction offering general ideas and approaches for introducing students to Shakespeare.

The plays are: 

• Macbeth - Creative Work Ideas         
• Julius Caesar  
• A Midsummer Night's Dream  
• The Merchant of Venice         
• Romeo and Juliet

Most plays include activities dealing with:

• Introduction to the playlanguage
• staging and performance
• character
• plot
• themes and issues
• dramatic structure

All activities are photocopiable.