Bring on the Bard: Active Drama Approaches for Shakespeare's Diverse Student Readers

by Kevin Long

Kevin Long and Mary T. Christel offer active drama approaches that position students to engage with a rich text through low-risk speaking and improvisation activities as a part of any ELA classroom.

Shakespeare didn't write his plays for readers; he wrote individual "cue scripts" for actors who hadn't read the entire play but had to perform on the fly with almost no rehearsal. Those cue scripts have become the written form of his dramas, compiled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814103820
• ISBN13: 9780814103821
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.2"