Shakespeare for All : An Account of the RSA 'Shakespeare in Schools' Project.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Participating Schools -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Background to the RSA Shakespeare Project -- 1 Shakespeare in the Primary School: Introduction -- 2 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Enjoyed by One Mixed-ability Class of 8-10-year-olds in a Small Village School -- 3 A Midsummer Night's Dream in a Multi-cultural Context -- 4 Bringing Shakespeare to Life through The Tempest -- AN INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNING -- THE ELVES -- MEETING PROSPERO -- WHO IS CALIBAN? -- PREPARING FOR THE PERFORMANCE -- WRITING THE SCRIPT -- THE PERFORMANCE -- CONCLUSION -- EXTRACTS FROM THE SCRIPT EVOLVED BY LADY JANE GREY PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM THE EXPLORATION OF THE TEMPEST -- 5 'Be not afeard' - Producing The Tempest with Juniors Frank Gallagher, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Avenue Junior School -- CONCEPTION -- THE SCRIPT -- REHEARSALS -- MUSIC -- MOVEMENT AND MUSIC -- THE MASQUE -- COSTUMES -- STAGING, LIGHTING AND TECHNICAL -- CONCLUSION -- SCENE PLAN FOR THE TEMPEST -- 6 The Shakespeare Project - A Whole-School Approach Mike Thompson, Head Teacher, and teaching staff of Kirby Muxloe Primary School -- INTRODUCTION -- LOWER AND UPPER JUNIORS -- 7 King Lear - Making Shakespeare Relevant -- PRELIMINARY IDEAS -- PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH ADVISORY TEACHER FOR DRAMA -- INTRODUCTORY SESSION -- SESSION TWO -- SESSION THREE -- SESSION FOUR -- CONTINUING TO WORK ON KING LEAR -- ACTING OUT THE PLAY -- EXTENDING THE EXPERIENCE -- PARTICULAR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EXPLORATION OF KING LEAR -- 8 The Casket Makers - The Merchant Of Venice - An Account of Advisory Work at Market Bosworth Primary School -- WHY CASKET MAKERS? -- FOCUS -- FRAME -- TENSION -- TASK -- TEXT -- OTHERS -- TEACHER IN ROLE -- CONVENTIONS -- 9 A Primary Teacher's View of the Project.

10 Keystage Theatre In Education -Macbeth For Primary Schools -- INTRODUCTION -- CHOICE OF PLAY -- VIOLENCE -- WITCHCRAFT -- THE TEXT -- THE STYLE OF PRODUCTION -- DESIGN -- MUSIC -- FORMAL EVALUATION -- FOLLOW-UP WORK -- 11 Were the Aims Achieved? An Evaluation -- THE AIMS OF THE EVALUATION -- MAIN FINDINGS -- STAGES IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS -- AIM OF THE REPORT -- APPROACHES ADOPTED BY SCHOOLS -- Key Stage 1 -- Key Stage 2 -- THE FESTIVAL AND EXHIBITION -- THE IN-SERVICE DAY FOR TEACHERS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS -- THE PERFORMANCES -- The Keystage Theatre Performance -- LEARNING IN THE PROJECT -- What the children learned in the classroom -- Learning related to performance -- What the teachers learned -- Difficulties -- THE PROJECT AND SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS -- 12 An RSA Assessment of the Wider Issues -- Appendix 1: Evaluation of Keystage Theatre's Production of Macbeth -- Appendix 2: Adapted Script of Macbeth -- Index.

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