Online Resources & Study Guides
Teaching Shakespeare At Home
Whether you’re teaching remotely, working from home with your children, or teaching in school, we know that Shakespeare can be a wonderful way to engage students in learning about language, history, storytelling, and more. We’ve gathered a collection of some of the resources we turn to for guidance and inspiration when teaching Shakespeare’s plays. We believe that the best way to learn about Shakespeare is to take a multi-pronged approach. It’s more than just reading the plays (and a lot of folks enjoy just doing that), but you can get up on your feet, listen to others speak the words, watch how different artists approach a role, or discover what others think about the world’s greatest playwright.
Accompanying every main stage production at Seattle Shakespeare Company is a study guide that helps students (and patrons!) learn a little about the show in advance. These guides typically cover the characters and a plot summary, some background on the play, information about how the director has interpreted it for this production, and activities teachers can incorporate into their classrooms. You can read about:
- Twins and Doppelgangers (Twelfth Night)
- Malapropism: A Verbal Blender of Words and Faces (The Rivals)
- The Fool in Theatre History (As You Like It)
And so much more!
SEASON 2019-2020
Troilus and Cressida
Romeo and Juliet – Tour
The Rivals
Hamlet – Tour
The Tempest
SEASON 2018-2019
Richard III
She Stoops to Conquer
Arms and the Man
As You Like It
All’s Well that Ends Well
Season 2015-2016 Productions
The Comedy of Errors – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Jane Nichols
Titus Andronicus – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by David Quicksall
Mrs. Warren’s Profession – Written by George Bernard Shaw and directed by Victor Pappas
Romeo and Juliet – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Vanessa Miller
Season 2014-2015 Productions
Waiting for Godot – Written by Samuel Beckett and directed by George Mount
Twelfth Night – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Jon Kretzu
Measure for Measure – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Desdemona Chiang
Tartuffe – Written by Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur, and directed by Makaela Pollock
Othello – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by John Langs
Season 2013-2014 Productions
Much Ado About Nothing – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by George Mount
Richard II – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Rosa Joshi
The Importance of Being Earnest – Written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Victor Pappas
King Lear – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Sheila Daniels
Season 2012-2013 Productions
Antony and Cleopatra – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by John Langs
A Doll’s House – Written by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Sean Patrick, and directed by Russ Banham
Love Labour’s Lost – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Jon Kretzu
The Taming of the Shrew – Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Aimée Bruneau