... solve problems; their reading and writing; their speaking and listening; and their personal development." (Ofsted, 2010) This report contained a case-study where students in one of the schools studied Macbeth and not only performed the play to an invited audience, they also participated in producing costumes, designing and building the set (while working alongside professionals). Ofsted praised the staff at ... 's poem, "Jabberwocky". If pupils can make some sense from the nonsense rhyme, they can be encouraged that they can find meaning in what Shakespeare has written for his characters...

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... about Shakespeare. Another possible reason for the production's draw for members of my age cohort was its contemporary aesthetic and themes, realized through both design and textual adaptation. The human characters wore contemporary clothing, and the fairies were outfitted in outlandish garments that conveyed an otherworldly feeling through the prism of contemporary sexuality. These were fairies that looked like they belonged ... an antiquated relic of yesteryear. All of the above textual choices made the sexual hi-jinks of Midsummer far more complicated, as the confused couplings in th...

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