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Regulars 5 Editorial 6 N ews 11 O pinion 12 Dr ama and me
Adam Cross, Director of Drama at King’s College School in Wimbledon 14 Green room
Should Shakespeare be ‘translated’ for students? 16 Bardwatching
Catch up on the latest Shakespeare news 26 On course
Shakespeare and Theatre MA/ Diploma – Shakespeare Institute 27 Theatre Practitioners
Sanford Meisner 28 Toolkit
Teaching lighting: the basics 43 My five favourite plays
Tim Marriott chooses his favourite scripts for student performers 45 Listings
Theatre workshops, events and training for adults and young people 50 Drama games and strategies
UFO (Unidentified Fictional Object)
Features 18 Shakespeare: the jury’s out
Sarah Lambie speaks with the brains behind Shakespeare on Trial 21 Flipping it
Meet the MTDES speaker: Keith Burt 23 Which Board to Tread?
A National Drama CPD event on choosing between exam boards 24 Bias bypass: the blind leading
t he blind What’s the real solution to biased marking in drama? 25 Breaking out of the shed
Chickenshed celebrates over 40 years of success
Reviews 36 Books
Hour-long Shakespeare: Henry IV, Henry V and Richard III; Shakespeare and Audience in Practice; Transforming the Teaching of Shakespeare with the Royal Shakespeare Company; The Shakespeare Workbook and Video: A Practical Course for Actors; English Renaissance Tragedy: Ideas of Freedom; Year of the Fat Knight 39 Performance
Around the World in 80 Days Workshop
Globe Education CPD at Clifton College 40 Web resource
RSC teaching packs Web resource
Digital Theatre Plus
Schemes 31 Scheme summaries K S2
Circo Fantastico! KS3 online
Stage combat KS3
Exploration of Shakespeare KS3/4
The Seven Ages of Man AS/A2
Using postmodernism in drama and theatre making AS/A2
Yerma by Federico García Lorca 35 One-off workshop
The Great Egg Detective
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