An engaging synopsis of The Merchant of Venice, printable and ready for use by students and teachers, created by writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Suitable for all Key Stages with adaptations. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This free teaching pack will help teachers to investigate the challenges faced by an RSC director staging Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, with your students. To stage Julius Caesar, Lucy Bailey, the director, used a number of different techniques to explore the challenges that the play presents. These include, creating a crowd with only twenty two actors and portraying classical Rome to a modern audience.

This resource is a complete teachers' pack with classroom activities based on King Lear by William Shakespeare. The activities include: - Investigating design - Creating missing scenes - Exploring staging challenges Based on David Farr's 2010 production of King Lear with the RSC.

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. See the RSC's set, actor, and directorial choices in this printable resource, full of teaching ideas. The Winter's Tale contains two contrasting worlds, Sicilia, a courtly world and Bohemia, a forest world. For his 2009 production David Farr wanted Bohemia to be a fairytale world and Sicilia to be much more austere.

Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare’s most popular plays to life for young people. Includes teaching materials and videos for your class, showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare’s text. There are 12 short films for each play: 3 scenes filmed in colour, in the theatre and 8 workshops, filmed in black and white, with actors and directors exploring those scenes. There is also a short film about this theatre production. These films can be found on the BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtvpl Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This pack supports the RSC’s 2014 production of Much Ado About Nothin (Love's Labour's Won) , directed by Christopher Luscombe, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-4 students studying or seeing the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. The pack is divided up into 6 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: About this pack and the Broadcasts; Exploring the Story; Establishing; Female Relationships; Beatrice and Benedick and Resource Materials. There are activities within each section which follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. We also have extension boxes throughout the pack which can help to develop the activities for older students or to help you progress a theme in greater depth. The pack also contains text based resources and key speeches from the play. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This pack supports the RSC’s 2015 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Polly Findlay, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-4 students studying or seeing the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. The pack is divided up into 6 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: About this Pack; Exploring the Story; The Republic of Venice; Status and Wealth; Hazarding and Justice and the Resolution . There are activities within each section which follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. We also have extension boxes throughout the pack which can help to develop the activities for older students or to help you progress a theme in greater depth. The pack also contains text based resources and key speeches from the play. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This printable worksheet or handout contains an engaging synopsis of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare for students and teachers, created by writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Using the activity described in this teaching pack, teachers will lead students to work as an ensemble to investigate Antony's relationships with Enobarbus and Cleopatra, in Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. This classroom activity is based on Gregory Doran's 2006 production of Antony and Cleopatra.

This printable teaching resource has been inspired by the rehearsal process of Gregory Doran in preparing for the 2013 production of this play. The activities are designed to support you in exploring context with your students and introduces some of the text's themes. The pack accompanies the RSC's broadcast of Richard II, which will took place on 15 November 2013.

Download and print the text and resources of the key scenes from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare explored by the Shakespeare Unlocked team. Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).

The interviews in this educational teaching pack from the RSC are about Iqbal Khan’s 2012 production of Much Ado About Nothing. They can be used in combination with the activities in our Education Activities Pack or as stand-alone information.

This downloadable Shakespeare resource pack contains questions to stimulate discussion about the play Julius Caesar. There are more resources for teachers, including classroom drama activities on both Julius Caesar and I, Cinna (The Poet), on the I, Cinna (The Poet) website.

The activities in this pack are inspired by Tim Crouch’s 2012 production of I, Cinna (The Poet). They can be used either as stand-alone practical approaches to this play or as supporting activities for students seeing the production or web broadcast. They have been designed with KS3 students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. Some are best suited to an open space such as a hall, but many can be used in a classroom.

This printable information pack contains Shakespearean context and a glossary for teachers and students who are studying or watching a performance of Julius Caesar or I, Cinna (The Poet). Download our other packs for drama and discussion activities.

This pack contains questions and resources to stimulate discussion about the play I, Cinna (The Poet) and issues it raises. There are more resources for teachers on the I, Cinna (The Poet) on the TES and RSC websites including classroom drama activities on both I, Cinna (The Poet) and Julius Caesar. Suitable for Key Stage 3 onwards. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

A download and print text resource of the Romeo and Juliet scenes explored by the Shakespeare Unlocked series. Please refer to the other Shakespeare Unlocked resources on this site. The full Shakespeare Unlocked resources can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtvpl Shakespeare Unlocked - videos by the BBC in partnership with the RSC. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This pack supports the RSC’s 2014 production of Henry IV Part I, directed by Greg Doran. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-4 students studying or seeing the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. The pack is divided up into 7 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: About this pack and the Broadcasts; The ‘Grey Period’; Exploring the Story; Character Connections; The World of Prince Hal; Hal and Hotspur and Resource Materials. There are activities within each section which follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. We also have extension boxes throughout the pack which can help to develop the activities for older students or to help you progress a theme in greater depth. The pack also contains text based resources and key speeches from the play. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This printable teaching resource has been inspired by the rehearsal process of Gregory Doran in preparing for the 2014 production of this play. The activities are designed to support primary pupils in exploring the play for the first time.

This printable teaching resource has been inspired by the rehearsal process of Gregory Doran in preparing for the 2014 production of this play. The activities are designed to support primary pupils in exploring the play and its characters for the first time.