By Naomi Miller
It is a selection of unique essays approximately how Shakespeare and the way his performs are more and more getting used as a method of furthering literacy, language arts, inventive and dramatic studying for kids out and in of the school room. it truly is divided into 3 sections comprising essays by way of famous kid's booklet authors, literary students, and academics, respectively, who technique the topic from a variety of views.
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And so it goes. The Quotes I knew early on that I wanted to bring in some quotes. Not only for a taste of Shakespeare’s incredible words (sometimes I had to read a quote fifty times to understand it), but also for his presence. We know very little about Shakespeare the man. It is his words that make him come alive. I started with one quote (“o wonderful, wonderful . ”) then scattered other familiar ones where they fit. Then I thought: Why not one for every scene? I love Ophelia’s sad “There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance .
And then he told us why scholars don’t take such theories seriously at all. He spoke at some length about the lack of copyright protection and the tendency of one acting company to rip off the property of another if they could just get their hands on the script. Consequently, there was usually only one complete script; the copies given to the actors consisted of only their scenes and the preceding cue lines, if necessary. This was not only to avoid needless labor in copying but also to protect the work.
Fear, anxiety, doubt, inability to proceed, sure to fail, Impossible to fit into 32 pages. Overcome by depression Waaa. I want my Mama! An accurate premonition. It took three months. A Light Dividing up the subjects was major. My diary tells me I spent five days turning blank pages, not drawing a single line. How would it all fit? There would have to be chapters to help the organization. Then a theater friend mentioned by chance that all of Shakespeare’s plays have five acts. BOOM! Not chapters.