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
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Tragedy: Plays with sad endings
Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Anthony &
Cleopatra, Othello
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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:
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Love
Gender roles
Nature
City life v country life
Setting:
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France, Forest of Arden
Famous Quotes:
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“All the worlds a stage and all
the men and women merely
players”
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“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”
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“Thereby hangs a tale”
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“Forever and a day”
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“Rhyme nor reason”
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“Under the greenwood tree”
As you like it
The
Comedies
Themes:
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Social injustice
Revenge
Money and love
Setting:
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Italy: Venice
Famous Quotes:
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“All that glistens is not gold”
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“If you wrong us shall we not
revenge?”
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“Love is blind”
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“A pound of flesh”
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“The Quality of Mercy is not
strained”
The Merchant of
Venice
The
Comedies
Themes:
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Marriage and wealth
Class
Jealousy
Language and communication
Setting:
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Windsor Castle
Famous Quotes:
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“The world’s mine oyster”
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“The short and the long of it”
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“What the dickens”
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“As good luck would have it”
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“Better three hours too soon
than a minute late”
The Merry Wives of
Windsor
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Comedies
Themes:
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Love and marriage
Opposites and contrasts
Magic
Order and disorder
Dreams
Setting:
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Athens, and a wood nearby
Famous Quotes:
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“The course of true love never did
run smooth”
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“Love looks not with the eyes”
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“I am the merry wanderer of the
night”
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“Fancy free”
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
The
Comedies
Themes:
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Forgive and forget
Exploration and mistreatment of
native populations
Friendship
Freedom
Nature
Power
Setting:
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The sea and an Island
Famous Quotes:
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“We are such stuff as dreams are
made of”
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“Brave new world”
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“A sea change”
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are
here”
The Tempest
The
Comedies
Themes:
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Role of women
Love
Money makes the man
Setting:
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Italy, Padua
Famous Quotes:
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“Out of the jaws of death”
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“The whirlygig of time”
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“For the rain it raineth every
day”
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“I’ll not budge an inch”
The Taming of the
Shrew
The
Comedies
Themes:
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Love
Disguise
Appearance
Setting:
Mythological Illyria (Adriatic coast)
Famous Quotes:
“If music be the food of love, play
on”
“Some are born great, some achieve
greatness and some have greatness
thrust apon them”
“This is very midsummer madness”
Twelfth Night
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Ambition
Revenge
Loyalty
Madness
The supernatural
Setting:
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Denmark -Elsinore
Famous Quotes:
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“To be or not to be – that is the
question”
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“Heart of hearts”
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“To thine own self be true”
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“Every dog will have its day”
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“In my mind’s eye”
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“Get thee to a Nunnery”
Hamlet
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Love
Tragedy
Conflict
Fate
Setting:
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Italy – Verona
Famous Quotes:
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“O Romeo Romeo wherefore art
thou Romeo?”
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“Parting is such sweet sorrow”
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“A rose by any other name
would smell as sweet”
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“A fool’s paradise”
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“Wild goose chase”
Romeo and Juliet
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Idealism
Ambition
Deceit
Recognise and heed warnings
Betrayal
Setting:
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Rome
Famous Quotes:
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“Friends, Romans, Countrymen,
lend me your ears”
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“I came I saw I conquered “
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“A dish fit for the gods”
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“Beware the ides of March”
Julius Caesar
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Ambition
Lust for power
Betrayal
Fate
War and devastation
Setting:
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Scotland & England
Famous Quotes:
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“Is this a dagger that I see before me?”
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“Double double toil and trouble, fire
burn and cauldron bubble”
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“When shall we three meet again in
thunder lightning and in rain?”
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“Something Wicked this way comes”
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“Knock knock who’s there?”
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“What’s done cannot be undone”
Macbeth
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Law and order
Appearance v reality
Justice
Reconciliation
Setting:
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Britain
Famous Quotes:
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“How sharper than a serpents tooth
it is to have a thankless child”
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“Full circle”
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“I am a man more sinned against
than sinning”
King Lear
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Love
Opposites/binaries
Duty & honour
Setting:
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Egypt & Rome
Famous Quotes:
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“Age cannot wither her nor
custom stale her infinite variety”
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“My salad days”
Anthony and
Cleopatra
The
Tragedies
Themes:
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Jealousy
Reputation and honour
Love
Betrayal
Race
Setting:
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Venice & Cyprus
Famous Quotes:
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“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
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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/teachersresources/activities.aspx
http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/arts_award_and_rs
c_mapping_resource_2014.pdf
Thankyou!
All The World’s a Stage
Isle of Wight Mardi Gras 2016: Shakespeare 400
The Comedies
The Creative Vocabularies
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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
As you like it
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Tempest
The Taming of The Shrew
Twelfth Night
The Tragedies
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Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
Julius Ceasar
Macbeth
King Lear
Anthony & Cleopatra
Othello