This post originally appeared on Making a Scene on December 13, 2012 ~by Gina Voskov My first experience with Shakespeare was in 4th grade. I was asked to play the part of Celia in As You Like It for a Shakespeare festival. I can safely say that at the time I had no idea… Continue Reading »
Posts Categorized: Shakespeares-plays/titus-andronicus
“Who would you choose? Benedict Cumberbatch or Michael Fassbender?” “Cumberbatch!” “But have you seen the new Michael Fassbender trailer? It looks amazing!” It is the first meeting of the school year for my Shakespeare Society’s Executive Board. Although it has been months since we all met, our table is brimming with enthusiasm, excitement, and… Continue Reading »
There are parts of my middle school English curriculum that I find to be really boring to teach. For example: grammar. Don’t get me wrong – I’m as much a geek for grammar as the next – but teaching it can be a drag… explaining rules, drilling through sentences, fighting the wavering attention spans… When… Continue Reading »
In a recent article in The Guardian (1/1/13), Brian Cox talks about his first performance for the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing the lead character in Titus Andronicus which, if you’ve read some of my other blog entries, you’ll remember is my favorite Shakespeare play. Cox notes that the role of Titus was “… the most… Continue Reading »
Lucretia’s blog about how Shakespeare changed her life has prompted me to write my own entry about how Shakespeare changed mine. Like most students, I was introduced to Shakespeare in high school. We studied Macbeth and had to memorize a passage from it to deliver in front of the class. I still remember the passage… Continue Reading »
