To be or not to be a purveyor of straight Shakespeare, it is a serious question: whether ’tis nobler to introduce children to the Bard by way of his own words in all their archaic beauty and risk ...

“Shakespeare for Kids” returns to the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival for an 11th year, with Erin Sheffield transforming the Bard’s “Macbeth”‘ with sock puppets, sing-a-longs, and the Shakespeare ...

As a retired middle-school English teacher, I concur with many of Meghan Cox Gurdon’s observations about the challenges of teaching Shakespeare to young students (“How to Convey a Legacy So Rich,” ...

Michael Morpurgo has revealed plans to retell the works of Shakespeare in a new book for young readers. Speaking to The Times, Morpurgo has stated that the book will be aimed at those aged between six ...

Seven Ages Troupe is an intrepid band of young actors who have trained for multiple years in Shakespearean performance. The players have studied and rehearsed Hamlet for the past eight months under ...

A recent study, titled Time to Act, has investigated the impact of Shakespeare’s work on young people in schools. Commissioned to investigate how the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) teaching ...

BLOOMINGTON — The Illinois Shakespeare Festival kicked off its series of kid-friendly shows on Saturday morning with "Campfire Macbeth," an adaptation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy. Writer Nancy ...

Maria Monreal loves the poetry and language of Shakespeare, and “Romeo and Juliet” is her favorite of the bard’s plays. But she sees it from a child’s point of view. For her upcoming production at the ...