Shakespeare Magazine ~ Winter 1999

Shakespeare
Volume 3, Issue 1
WINTER 1999

TALES OF
SHAKESPEARE'S
LIFE

Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard spin a tale of Shakespeare writing for the London stage in 1593.

His Hour Upon the Stage
Bob Myers, a New Jersey English teacher, plays an extra in Shakespeare in Love.

Brushing Up On Biography
Folger librarian Betsy Walsh describes some reliable resources for information about Shakespeare's life.

Shakespeare in Lancashire
Richard Dutton explains new evidence for an old theory about young Will Shakespeare at Hoghton Tower.

TEACHING SHAKESPEARE

Coville and Bloom--
Two New Resources
Richard Vanderwall offers teaching suggestions using recently published books.

Boy Actresses
Jane Collins explains a classroom activity to identify gender bias.

Chasing William
A cross-section of ideas about teaching Shakespeare's life.

Shakespeare, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 1999

FEATURED ARTICLE

How Swan Books Took Flight
Diane Davidson recalls the early days of publishing her popular Swan editions of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare in Prison
Laura Raidonis Bates helps inmates find a Shakespearean voice and learns a few lessons herself.

"Just then a guard entered and called out, 'PACE is walking!'--meaning the end of the school day--but no one made a move. Instead, the spirited discussion continued, until the call came again, this time more insistently: 'PACE is walking!' It was the inmates' dinner hour, but Joseph insisted, 'We would rather eat the bread of this knowledge than the chicken in the cafeteria!' I couldn't argue with that, but the guard could. 'Let's go!' he shouted. Then he came over and whispered to me, 'I've never seen them refuse to leave class before.'"

BROADSHEET
Roasting Shakespeare
Learn about Shakespeare by hearing what his friends have to say about him.

NEWS ON THE RIALTO
A compendium of courses, conferences, and theatre performances around the world.

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