The week of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Summer Academy challenged, inspired, and intellectually filled me; it was exciting to be surrounded by people who light up at the sound of iambic pentameter and are thrilled to talk about Shakespeare twelve hours a day and then some. I returned home brimming with new ideas, and I… Continue Reading »
[getty src=”180411778?et=j3s2_HtjSaNrmUuAXet4LA&sig=Xs7p-t5Xflh0J8lHEU_TFKqck0xQ7RLMdFglLyKp9T0=” width=”501″ height=”342″] Yes, it’s that time again for teachers all across the country. So here are some things Shakespeare says about school and learning and teachers. Learning: O Lord, I could have stay’d here all the night To hear good counsel: O, what learning is! Romeo and Juliet: 3.3 O this learning, what a… Continue Reading »
By Mark Miazga The International Baccalaureate (IB) English Higher Level curriculum and assessments are still an ideal place for Shakespeare, even though the revision of the curriculum a couple of years ago no longer makes his inclusion compulsory. While he does not fit into Part I Works in Translation of the curriculum (at least in… Continue Reading »
Until earlier this fall, I was clearly the one in love with words, literature, classrooms, teachers’ lounges, theatre. Math and science not so much. OK, so my grade in Biology as a college freshman was D. Not so interested in photosynthesis. Still not the least bit interested in photosynthesis, but now I am crazily interested… Continue Reading »
Lots of buzz around the Folger these days because Janet Griffin, Artistic Producer of the Folger Theatre, and Robert Richmond, director of our upcoming production of Richard III, are taking a walk on the wild side. You know about the theatre here, right? Background in case you don’t: Folks here sometimes call the Folger Theatre… Continue Reading »
One of the plays our High School Fellowship group at the Folger Shakespeare Library is studying this semester is Richard III. Long considered one of the most evil of English kings, Richard III may be able to defend himself and change the way we look at him more that 500 years after his death. A… Continue Reading »
As I mentioned in my post, “Oh, to Be in England” on May 3, Shakespeare’s Globe is presenting a marathon of 37 plays with acting companies from around the world. But if you can’t get to the Globe to Globe Festival, there is now an alternative. A UK site called The Space is running full-length videos of them… Continue Reading »
