The RSC are promoting this new online learning platform called "Teaching Shakespeare". It is designed to be a platform for teachers and provides a "professional development programme for teachers brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Warwick."
Here are two videos, on the RSC YouTube channel, promoting certain elements of their programmes and information. These are all about using certain teaching techniques to look at the language of Shakespeare in a way that can interact and engage children, and help them understand it:
Based on some of the ideas Penny suggested during my tutorial, such as using school children as my audience, and also in addition to approaching theatres, this discovery should prove extremely useful and relevant. This proves that theatres and schools have noticed the need to teach Shakespeare, the dreaded syllabus, in a way in which he is supposed to be experienced, through performance and actions. The potential to bring Shakespeare to a younger, newer audience, without scaring them off and keeping them entertained, is completely possible.
Whether I decide to make school children my audience or not, the points raised in these videos, and on the website, should be noted to see if there is anything I can take forward as an element to my final brief.
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