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Education Packs
“The education pack is honestly the best and most informative I have ever come across. It will be a fantastic resource in preparing students for their written exams in the summer.”
Head of Drama, Tuxford Academy, Nottingham
Our free packs contain
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Full length film
A high-quality, full-length film of the play, recorded professionally with multiple cameras, and available to view as an online resource.
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Education pack PDF
A dedicated, ready to use education pack featuring essays, interviews and classroom or homework exercises, fully integrated with the full length video recording. Our packs are geared towards supporting theatre education and are accessible to students, teachers and academics.
Features
- Full length films of the productions
- Interviews with the cast, creatives and directors
- Character information
- Scene analysis
- Design analysis
- Modern relevance and historic notes
- Contextual essays by leading academics
- Text-based exercises
- Classroom activities
- Background on Cheek by Jowl
Our packs offer insights, resources and special content to explore the play and production from different angles and topics: including Renaissance and Early Modern Drama, contemporary theatre production, acting, direction and design, Cheek by Jowl’s rehearsal process, techniques and approach to the text.
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Made available for free, they enable a unique access to contemporary productions of Shakespeare plays for educational purposes.
They are recommended for English, Drama or Language teachers, tutors and lecturers; GCSE, BTEC, A-Level and university students; academics, scholars and researchers.
Available Education Packs
As You Like It
Free education pack including classroom activities, insights, essays, and a documentary from the Open University.
Get the packThe Winter’s Tale
Free education pack including the full recorded play, classroom activities, insights and essays
Get the packMeasure for Measure
A unique opportunity to access a contemporary production of Shakespeare’s “problem play”
Get the packApproaching Shakespeare
Ready-to-use pack for teachers on approaching Shakespeare in performance with integrated live-capture of Périclès, Prince de Tyr
Get the pack“Thank you so much for these Winter’s Tale resources. They have been immensely helpful in tackling the great wall of Shakespeare.”
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“This is excellent! Really useful, informative, engaging and I think it’s ‘pitched’ really well for ages 14+. The questions are really insightful for each section.”
Head of Drama, New College, Swindon
“WONDERFUL resource from a fantastic company, including some of their production videos being made available free of charge. Get it and give it!”
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