Creative Shakespeare

Creative Shakespeare : The Globe Education Guide to Practical Shakespeare

This unique book desribes the ways in which educational practitioners at Shakespeare's Globe theatre bring Shakespeare to life for students of all ages.The Globe approach is always active and inclusive - each student finds their own way into Shakespeare - focussing on speaking, moving and performing rather than reading. Drawing on her rich and varied experience as a teacher, Fiona Banks offers a range of examples and practical ideas teachers can take and adapt for their own lessons. The result is a stimulating and inspiring book for teachers of drama and English keen to enliven and enrich their students' experience of Shakespeare.

  • Format: Paperback | 256 pages
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 15.24mm | 391g
  • Publication date: 16 Jan 2014
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare
  • Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Illustrations note: 15 b/w in-text photos
  • ISBN10: 1408156849
  • ISBN13: 9781408156841
  • Bestsellers rank: 283,629

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