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Lindsay's avatar

This will be my first dip into reading Shakespeare since high school. I've watched theater performances and read adaptations but have been too intimidated to go to the source itself after a not-so-great experience in high school. I'm nervous but also hopeful, as I've been wanting to try him out again!

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Chelsey Feder's avatar

This is a great one to start with!

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Julia Brown's avatar

I went to Shakespeare Camp in my high school years! It was put on by my high school English teacher—a core memory!!

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Dani's avatar

Thank you for sharing all of this wonderful information with us for free! I taught this in the spring, and I really appreciate the tips you shared about how to read Shakespeare (and the quick synopsis/outline).

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Chelsey Feder's avatar

I'm sure you have even more resources to share from your experience! It's so fun to teach Shakespeare.

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Dani's avatar

It was a nice break from teaching composition :)

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Catherine's avatar

I’m so thrilled to be reading this along with you this month! My boys and I memorized a few passages from the play using Ken Ludwig’s How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare (great tool for teaching one’s self, too) last summer, and this summer we’ve been working through Read Aloud Revival’s Shakespeare Summer guide for AMSND, too! In that program, the host suggests first reading a story version of the play. We have a couple different collections for that: Leon Garfield’s Shakespeare Stories and The Usborne Complete Shakespeare collection. Stories and guides geared towards kids are often a great starting place for adults, too, for the broad strokes.

I live in Richmond, VA and our local Shakespeare theatre company is performing AMSND this summer, so it’s all so serendipitous! I’m looking forward to seeing it performed live after engaging with the text both with my kids and here in this group.

Thank you for getting us started, Chelsey, and for all these resources! My mind is blown that you’ve spent time with Carrie Coon 🤩 what a cool experience!

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Chelsey Feder's avatar

Wow, you have the best immersive experience to enjoy! Love this!

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Jules | Friday Night Readers's avatar

Accessible Shakespeare is my jam. I love to use the no fear editions. Thinking of it like Yoda is a new tip for me that feels 🤯🤯

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Chelsey Feder's avatar

No Fear is fabulous!

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Denise S. Robbins's avatar

Omg! I'm going to see this at APT later this summer. I'm really excited to see it after having read the play earlier this spring, which I did because I was playing an orchestral piece about Oberon, and saw the ballet at the Madison ballet. (Are you in the Madison area?)

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Chelsey Feder's avatar

Kind of! It's quite a bit of a drive for us, but so worth it.

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