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Planning your Shakespeare screening

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Ages

5–11

Duration

Short (1-4 activities)

Nation

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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To get you ready for Shakespeare Week, we've created a screening guide with ideas and advice as to how to throw your own unique Shakespeare-themed film screening, and get young people excited about watching and studying Shakespeare. We have advice about creating a jungle in the classroom before watching The Lion King, or how learning different film shots can be turned into a fun game of Bingo during a Gnomeo and Juliet screening.

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