Resources
- Universal Questions (PDF)
A range of questions and activities that can be shared with students for use with any play/production - Guided Pathways (PDF)
Essential content mapped out for the remote teaching of key texts - Choice Charts (PDF)
A collection of exercises/activities for students to explore interpretive choices remotely
Master Cast
Hosted by Simon Stephens, this six-part series features an award-winning cast of writers, directors, designers and actors
- Episode One - Making Ideas Real: Simon Stephens with Willy Russell (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF) - Episode Two - Making Words Work: Simon Stephens with Tanika Gupta and Dennis Kelly (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF) - Episode Three - Reading Between the Lines: Simon Stephens with Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF) - Episode Four - Creating the World: Simon Stephens with Bunny Christie, Paule Constable, and Ian Dickinson (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF) - Episode Five - Working with Words: Simon Stephens with Juliet Stevenson (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF) - Episode Six - Working with Words: Simon Stephens with Andrew Scott (video)
Extension Exercises and Questions (PDF)
Creative Compilations
Interview montages offering students an insight into key aspects of the creative process behind a production
- Writers - Practice and Process (video)
- Directors - Practice and Process (video)
- Designers - Process and Practicalities (video)
- Actors - Preparing and Playing (video)
- Creative Choices: Discussion Questions (PDF)
Discussion questions and related resources students can use for self-directed learning
Compare and Contrast Compilations
- Compare and Contrast Choices Guide (PDF)
Questions and activities for students to use when watching two or more versions of key scenes and speeches - Compare and Contrast: Romeo and Juliet - Act 1, Scene 5 (video)
Famous scene where the star-crossed lovers meet for the first time - Compare and Contrast: Romeo and Juliet - Act 3, Scene 2 (video)
Juliet waits impatiently for nightfall and Romeo’s return - Compare and Contrast: Hamlet - Act 4, Scene 4 (video)
Hamlet contemplates avenging his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle - Compare and Contrast: Hamlet - Act 3, Scene 4 (video)
Hamlet berates Gertrude for marrying his uncle so soon after the death of his father - Compare and Contrast: Julius Caesar - Act 3, Scene 2 (“Friends, Romans, countrymen”) (video)
Marc Antony addresses the crowd to deliver a funeral oration for Caesar - Compare and Contrast: Julius Caesar - Act 3, Scene 2 (“Romans, countrymen, and lovers!”) (video)
Brutus addresses the crowd, explaining his reasons for killing Caesar - Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 3 (video)
Three witches reappear with a prophecy for Macbeth’s future - Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 2, Scene 1 (video)
Famous scene where Macbeth sees an apparition of a dagger - Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 2, Scene 2 (video)
Macbeth returns from murdering Duncan in his chamber
Activate Series
Ready-made materials including quizzes, relationship maps and plot summary worksheets for teaching a specific text. For an editable version, select the Word Doc.
- Activate Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream (PDF)
- Activate Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Word Doc)
- Activate Greek Theatre - Antigone (PDF)
- Activate Greek Theatre - Antigone (Word Doc)
- Activate Sondheim - Into the Woods (PDF)
- Activate Sondheim - Into the Woods (Word Doc)
- Activate Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman (PDF)
- Activate Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman (Word Doc)
Watch this space! We have more resources to support you with your teaching coming soon.