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Posted: March 15 2007 at 4:31pm | IP Logged Quote Alison

   We have just read S/speare's the Merchant of Venice in a book by Daphne Miller"Stories from Shakespeare". It is a very gentle introduction to s/speare. But now i am pondering where to take it from here. The boys(5+9) are very keen to script and act a puppet play. So I am wondering whether to read Lamb's version(or Nesbit if she does it;don't have my book handy1)or to listen or view the play in its entirety before we start. Also I don't want to go into "overkill"!!but at the same time keep this interest tenderly alive. Then there's things like setting, character analysis etc. But would the whole play be too much and if so what would you recomend as an act or scene we write/act. The "littles" haven't read much S/speare before
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Posted: March 15 2007 at 8:06pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Hey Alison!

I have found that the kids consistently want the real play, whether they act it or see it, and actually, they even like to read the actual language. We began in the fall to rehearse a 20 minute version of Midsummer...but we decided to try the whole thing, and the kids rose to the occasion. We have actors ages 5-16, with most being from ages 9-13, performing the play.

We were all familiar with the play through versions like Lambs' already, so I would go with them for an overview, but take this as a warning--kids will want more!

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Posted: March 15 2007 at 8:15pm | IP Logged Quote Meredith
We love Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for my dc!! It's be E. Nesbit!

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