Shakespeare for all ages and stages

This booklet represents collaboration between the DCSF and its key partners in the National Strategies and QCA as well as teachers and arts educators in the worlds of theatre and media. 

It contains a suggested framework which offers significant experiences in Shakespeare as well as suggested learning objectives.  These are supported by practical, tried and tested ideas and approaches for use in the classroom.

There is advice from the Royal Shakespeare Company on preparing pupils for live theatre experiences and from Globe Education, Shakespeare’s Globe on working with arts educators in schools. It offers teachers ideas for working with Shakespeare’s stagecraft and language as well as ways into the historical and theatrical contexts in which he worked. It aims to enhance the educational experience of Shakespeare for young people by providing a map of opportunities for lifelong learning and pleasure in his work.