Recently we were able to get in touch with a wonderfully gifted AIG teacher from North Carolina, Debra Williamson, who decided to “Shake it up” with Shakespeare! She took a few of our plays and did a trio of melodramatic Shakespeare skits with her kids. They performed Midsummer, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth. She referred…
Author: brendan kelso
Brendan is the main creative source and author behind Playing With Plays and the infamous Shakespeare for Kids series. You can typically find him inventing by day, playing with his family by night, and writing by very late night.
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Finding a New Illustrator
As some of you know I’ve been working for a while to try to find a new illustrator for a Robert Louis Stevenson caricature. He needs to replace the Shakespeare caricature in the front row of my books. I couldn’t quite find the right talent until I happen to stumble into a local Starbucks the…
Well hello my fellow Shakespearean insulters, or, dare I say, you bawdy, ill-breeding, maggot pies! Just to let you know the most requested page that I get on this website is for the Shakespeare Insult Generator. I love this for several reasons; the main one is because the Shakespeare Insult Generator is the best and…
Shakespeare Music. At least that what Joonee, a teacher in the Philippines, wanted to create with one of my plays. I thought she was a bit crazy, but it was her passion, and she did it, and even wrote the music herself. Most importantly the kids and audience LOVED IT. A little more about her…
This Shakespeare lesson plan is designed for grades 3rd – 9th – (Just an hour a week – it’s easy!) Over the next few paragraphs I am going to give you the simple formula for using my Shakespeare for Kids books to introduce the Bard to your kids. We will do it in a way that will ensure…