Hamlet
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resources from the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Examples of engaging Shakespeare lessons from many different classrooms
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detailed example units from several teachers on multiple works. Check out “Hamlet for High School” and facing student disinterest with “Caesar in the Hood”-from the Pittsburgh Teachers Institute
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“David Tennant meets fellow actors who’ve taken on Hamlet and compares notes on how to play a character that’s been played, probably, a million different ways.
Tennant looks into the text about the doomed Danish Prince alongside the actors Jude Law, Simon Russell Beale and Ben Whishaw. – from PBS -
Mel Gibson goes back to school
Mel Gibson talks to high school students about his role as Hamlet in Zeffirelli’s film. -
Making Shakespeare Accessible to the High School Student:
sample detailed lesson plan using Hamlet and Taming of the Shrew -
click on “Handout” for guide
Was Hamlet acting insane or was he insane? Method acting
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New Yorker: Is method acting destroying actors
“There’s something about modern-day acting—the style that is famously associated with Lee Strasberg’s Method and that gained currency from his Actors Studio and its offshoots—that inclines toward deformations of character. That modern school, which links emotional moments from a performer’s own life to that of a character, and which conceives characters in terms of complete and filled-out lives that actors imagine and inhabit, asks too much of performers.” -
“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,” he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.” One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.”
John Green on Hamlet: Part 1
College preparation
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For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov
after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence.– NYTimes
Hamlet Reference
Shakespeare History
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click on Stage, Yard, Middle or Upper to select a view in this 4 part virtual tour
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from PBS- see videos on “the Globe Theater” and more!
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From Restoration to the 21st century.
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Explore the 1600s: Language & Literature
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interactive timeline