Cycle 1: Shakespeare
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C1 GROUP 1 (~K-4th) Shakespeare
Short Retellings & Stories
*Weeks 12-14 are left open for Nativity readings, or else watching/ acting out plays
C1 GROUP 2 (~4-12th) Shakespeare
Longer Retellings, Stories, or Scripts
Weeks 2-6
King Lear [Tragedy]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb
Weeks 7-10
All's Well That Ends Well [Comedy]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb
Weeks 21-23
Much Ado About Nothing [Comedy]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb [recitation sheet]
Weeks 24-26
Othello [Tragedy]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb
OR Weeks 2-10
King Lear [Tragedy]
King Lear, by Melania Mazzucco (~60 min. illustrated book) *Schedule
[recitation sheet; character sheet]
OR Othello [Tragedy]
Othello, by Adam McKeown
OR Weeks 24-29
Richard III or Richard II [History]
Tales from Shakespeare, by Harrison Morris (~50 min.)
*Weeks 12-14 are left open for Nativity readings, or else watching/ acting out plays
C1 GROUP 3 (~6-12th) Shakespeare
Full Plays
Weeks 12-20
As You Like It [Comedy]
OR
All's Well That Ends Well [Comedy]
Weeks 21-30
Richard III [History]
OR
Much Ado About Nothing [Comedy]
*Optional: Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays (Leithart), Ch. “May I Be So Converted and See With These Eyes?: Much Ado About Nothing”
Cycle 1 Shakespeare Movies & Plays
King Lear [Tragedy]
1983 King Lear
Feat. Laurence Olivier, John Hurt, & Brian Cox
*Preview first!
1953 King Lear
Directed by Peter Brooks
*Preview first!
1936 As You Like it Feat. Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier and Sophie Stewart
1978 As You Like It
Feat. Helen Mirren
Othello [Tragedy]
Some General Shakespeare Resources
Some General Shakespeare Resources
Some suggested family-friendly productions
Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays (Leithart)
How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare Audio Clips (Ludwig): A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Passage 1-4; Twelfth Night: Passages 5-11 & Bonus Passage; Romeo & Juliet: Passage 12; Macbeth: Passages 13-14; Henry IV, Part 1: Passage 15; Henry IV, Part 1 & 2: Passage 16; As You Like It: Passages 17-18; Henry V: Passage 19; Hamlet: Passages 20-24; The Tempest: Passage 25; Much Ado About Nothing: Passage 26
Tales from Shakespeare (Lamb) [Buy/ Read online/ Librivox]
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (Nesbit) [Buy/ Read online/ Librivox]
Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare, Librivox Audio
“The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare” is a series of audio drama presentations of all 38 plays of William Shakespeare. They were first released from 1998 by Arkangel and the BBC. The plays are unabridged and based on The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, published by Penguin Classics
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