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Shakespeare Mardi Gras Ryde Saturday 25 June 2016

Why Shakespeare?

1.

The Prelude: William Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlains Men

Float, costumed actors and drummers

2.

Comedy: Plays with happy endings

As you like it, Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew; Twelfth Night

3.

Tragedy: Plays with sad endings

Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Anthony & Cleopatra, Othello

4.

Creative Vocabulary: Expressions & sayings from Shakespeare

A dish fit for the gods; As white as driven snow; If music be the food of love play on; Green eyed monster; All that glitters is not gold; As luck would have it; Gild the lily; In a pickle; A sea change; A wild goose chase…. And more

5.

Finale: “This is very Midsummer Madness!”

Signature Costumes and NCC new commissioned work.

The Comedies

Themes:

• Love
• Gender roles
• Nature
• City life v country life

Setting:

• France, Forest of Arden

Famous Quotes:

• “All the worlds a stage and all

the men and women merely players”

• “Blow, blow, thou winter wind”
• “Thereby hangs a tale”
• “Forever and a day”
• “Rhyme nor reason”
• “Under the greenwood tree”

As you like it

The Comedies

Themes:

• Social injustice
• Revenge
• Money and love

Setting:

• Italy: Venice

Famous Quotes:

• “All that glistens is not gold”
• “If you wrong us shall we not

revenge?”

• “Love is blind”
• “A pound of flesh”
• “The Quality of Mercy is not

strained”

The Merchant of Venice

The Comedies

Themes:

• Marriage and wealth
• Class
• Jealousy
• Language and communication

Setting:

• Windsor Castle

Famous Quotes:

• “The world’s mine oyster”
• “The short and the long of it”
• “What the dickens”
• “As good luck would have it”
• “Better three hours too soon

than a minute late”

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Comedies

Themes:

• Love and marriage
• Opposites and contrasts
• Magic
• Order and disorder
• Dreams

Setting:

• Athens, and a wood nearby

Famous Quotes:

• “The course of true love never did

run smooth”

• “Love looks not with the eyes”
• “I am the merry wanderer of the

night”

• “Fancy free”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Comedies

Themes:

• Forgive and forget
• Exploration and mistreatment of

native populations

• Friendship
• Freedom
• Nature
• Power

Setting:

• The sea and an Island

Famous Quotes:

• “We are such stuff as dreams are

made of”

• “Brave new world”
• “A sea change”
• “Hell is empty and all the devils are

here”

The Tempest

The Comedies

Themes:

• Role of women
• Love
• Money makes the man

Setting:

• Italy, Padua

Famous Quotes:

• “Out of the jaws of death”
• “The whirlygig of time”
• “For the rain it raineth every

day”

• “I’ll not budge an inch”

The Taming of the Shrew

The Comedies

Themes:

• Love
• Disguise
• Appearance

Setting:

Mythological Illyria (Adriatic coast)

Famous Quotes:

“If music be the food of love, play

• n”

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust apon them” “This is very midsummer madness”

Twelfth Night

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Ambition
• Revenge
• Loyalty
• Madness
• The supernatural

Setting:

• Denmark -Elsinore

Famous Quotes:

• “To be or not to be – that is the

question”

• “Heart of hearts”
• “To thine own self be true”
• “Every dog will have its day”
• “In my mind’s eye”
• “Get thee to a Nunnery”

Hamlet

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Love
• Tragedy
• Conflict
• Fate

Setting:

• Italy – Verona

Famous Quotes:

• “O Romeo Romeo wherefore art

thou Romeo?”

• “Parting is such sweet sorrow”
• “A rose by any other name

would smell as sweet”

• “A fool’s paradise”
• “Wild goose chase”

Romeo and Juliet

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Idealism
• Ambition
• Deceit
• Recognise and heed warnings
• Betrayal

Setting:

• Rome

Famous Quotes:

• “Friends, Romans, Countrymen,

lend me your ears”

• “I came I saw I conquered “
• “A dish fit for the gods”
• “Beware the ides of March”

Julius Caesar

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Ambition
• Lust for power
• Betrayal
• Fate
• War and devastation

Setting:

• Scotland & England

Famous Quotes:

• “Is this a dagger that I see before me?”
• “Double double toil and trouble, fire

burn and cauldron bubble”

• “When shall we three meet again in

thunder lightning and in rain?”

• “Something Wicked this way comes”
• “Knock knock who’s there?”
• “What’s done cannot be undone”

Macbeth

The Tragedies

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• Themes:
• Law and order
• Appearance v reality
• Justice
• Reconciliation

Setting:

• Britain

Famous Quotes:

• “How sharper than a serpents tooth

it is to have a thankless child”

• “Full circle”
• “I am a man more sinned against

than sinning”

King Lear

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Love
• Opposites/binaries
• Duty & honour

Setting:

• Egypt & Rome

Famous Quotes:

• “Age cannot wither her nor

custom stale her infinite variety”

• “My salad days”

Anthony and Cleopatra

The Tragedies

Themes:

• Jealousy
• Reputation and honour
• Love
• Betrayal
• Race

Setting:

• Venice & Cyprus

Famous Quotes:

• “Green eyed monster”
• “Wear my heart upon my

sleeve”

• “Vanish into thin air”
• “I am what I am”

Othello

A DISH FIT FOR THE GODS Julius Caesar AS WHITE AS DRIVEN SNOW A Winter’s Tale

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE Twelfth night GREEN EYED MONSTER Othello

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD The Merchant Of Venice A SEA CHANGE The Tempest

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT The Merry Wives Of Windsor WILD GOOSE CHASE Romeo And Juliet

GILD THE LILY King John IN A PICKLE The Tempest

FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE King John THE WHIRLYGIG OF TIME Taming of the Shrew

 http://www.shakespearelives.org/learn/schools/shake

speare-lives-schools-pack

 http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-kids  http://www.shakespearemag.com/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=William%20Shakesp

eare

 http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famous

people/william_shakespeare/

 http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/hamlet/teachers-

resources/activities.aspx

 http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/arts_award_and_rs

c_mapping_resource_2014.pdf

Thankyou!

All The World’s a Stage

The Comedies

• 1. As you like it
• 2. The Merchant of Venice
• 3. The Merry Wives of Windsor
• 4. A Midsummer Nights Dream
• 5. The Tempest
• 6. The Taming of The Shrew
• 7. Twelfth Night

The Tragedies

• 1. Hamlet
• 2. Romeo & Juliet
• 3. Julius Ceasar
• 4. Macbeth
• 5. King Lear
• 6. Anthony & Cleopatra
• 7. Othello

The Creative Vocabularies

• 1. A Dish fit for the Gods
• 2. As White as Driven Snow
• 3. If Music be the Food of Love
• 4. Green Eyed Monster
• 5. All that Glitters is not Gold
• 6. A Sea Change
• 7. As luck would have it
• 8. Wild Goose Chase
• 9. Gild the Lily
• 10. In a Pickle
• 11. Fight Fire With Fire

12.The Whirlygig of Time

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