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.

The printable activities and information in this resrouces pack are inspired by Roxana Silbert’s 2011 production of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare. They can be used either as supporting activities for students seeing the production or as stand-alone practical approaches to the play. They have been designed with KS5 students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups.

This pack supports the RSC’s 2006 production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Marianne Elliott. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS2-4 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 2 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons:Ensemble approaches for exploring character and Creating a gossip circle. 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.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

The ideas in this free printable pack of teaching resources on Richard III are drawn directly from the rehearsal room, and are rooted in the idea of using the text as spoken word, with the group working as actors.Michael Boyd's production of Richard III was performed by the RSC’s first long ensemble Geoffrey Streatfeild, who played Lord Rivers in the production.

A Teacher Pack designed to support Greg Doran's 2009/10 production of Twelfth Night. Suitable for Key Stages 2-3. The pack is divided up into 3 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: Exploring the social and historical Context; Exploring character relationships; Exploring character journeys. 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. 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

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.

In this pack, we’ll be using a variety of different sources to bring the creative process to life for you and your students: Roald Dahl’s novel of Matilda; the script and songs from the RSC’s latest production Matilda, A Musical written by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin respectively; notes taken in Director Matthew Warchus’ rehearsal room as the production was brought to life onstage; insights and exercises from our Literary department plus our general practice with Shakespeare.

This pack is designed to enable students to explore the RSC 2009 production of Arabian Nights directed by Dominic Cook. The pack can be used to deliver stand alone activities or run as a sequence to enable students to develop a performance outcome. The contents reflect the rehearsal process for this production and even allow students to create a prop!

This pack supports the RSC and Little Angel Theatre 2010 production of The Tempest, directed by Peter Glanville. The activities provided are specifically designed to support Key Stage Two and Lower Key Stage Three but can be adapted for older or younger pupils studying or seeing the play. The pack is divided up into 5 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: Background and the story; Back-story; The island; Caliban and Ariel. 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. The production used puppetry and there are activities based around making your own puppets. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This teaching resource is designed as a reference guide for teachers. We have listed the major themes and motifs within The Tempest and provided examples of scenes where you can study them. Suitable for Key Stage 2 onwards. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This complete printable resource pack contains classroom activities based on The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. It has been designed with KS2 & KS3 students in mind, but can be adapted for other ages. The pack contains: - Introductory Notes - Investigating the Themes - Exploring the Character - Interpreting the Play

This free printable resource is designed as a reference guide for teachers. We have listed the major themes and motifs within The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and provided examples of scenes where you can study them.

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.

This printable Shakespeare teaching resource allows teachers and students to read the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare in plain English. Suitable for Key Stage 2 onwards. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This printable resource is designed as a reference guide for teachers. We have listed the major themes and motifs within A Midsummer Night's Dream and provided examples of scenes where they can be studied. Suitable for all Key Stages. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This pack supports the RSC’s 2011 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Nancy Meckler. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3 students (but can be adapted for other ages) studying or seeing the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. The pack is divided up into 5 distinct sections designed to help you to plan your lessons: Exploring Power Games; Investigating the characters; Exploring theatre choices; Understanding the play’s structure; Interview with Nancy Meckler (Director) and a Pippa Nixon Interview Transcript (Hippolyta/Titania). Activities follow the RSC's active approach to learning about Shakespeare and are driven and guided by our rehearsal room practice. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

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 printable resource is designed as a reference guide for teachers. We have listed the major themes and motifs within The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and provided examples of scenes where you can study them. Suitable for all Key Stages. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources

This pack supports the RSC’s 2011 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Rupert Goold. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-5 students studying or seeing the play (but can be adapted for other ages), 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: Making a start; Introducing Bassanio and Antonio; Exploring Belmont; Shylock and public bullying; Exchanging the rings; A wider context and Interview with Tom Scutt. 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. 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 synopsis of Macbeth is an engaging teaching resource for students and teachers, created by writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz and suitable (with some adaptation for very young children) across the Key Stages. Find more of our resources on our website: www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources