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Shakespeare Mardi Gras Ryde Saturday 25 June 2016

Why Shakespeare?

The Prelude : William Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlains Men 1. Float, costumed actors and drummers Comedy: Plays with happy endings 2. As you like it, Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew; Twelfth Night Tragedy: Plays with sad endings 3. Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Anthony & Cleopatra, Othello Creative Vocabulary : Expressions & sayings from Shakespeare 4. A dish fit for the gods; As white as driven snow; If music be the food of love play on; Green eyed monster; All that glitters is not gold; As luck would have it; Gild the lily; In a pickle; A sea change; A wild goose chase…. And more Finale : “ This is very Midsummer Madness!” 5. Signature Costumes and NCC new commissioned work.

The As you like it Comedies Themes: • Love Gender roles • • Nature • City life v country life Setting: • France, Forest of Arden Famous Quotes: • “All the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely players” • “Blow, blow, thou winter wind” • “Thereby hangs a tale” • “Forever and a day” • “Rhyme nor reason” “Under the greenwood tree” •

The Merchant of The Comedies Venice Themes: Social injustice • • Revenge Money and love • Setting: • Italy: Venice Famous Quotes: • “All that glistens is not gold” • “If you wrong us shall we not revenge?” • “Love is blind” • “ A pound of flesh” • “The Quality of Mercy is not strained”

The Merry Wives of The Comedies Windsor Themes: • Marriage and wealth • Class • Jealousy Language and communication • Setting: • Windsor Castle Famous Quotes: • “The world’s mine oyster” • “The short and the long of it” • “What the dickens” “As good luck would have it” • • “Better three hours too soon than a minute late”

A Midsummer Night’s The Comedies Dream Themes:  Love and marriage  Opposites and contrasts  Magic Order and disorder   Dreams Setting:  Athens, and a wood nearby Famous Quotes:  “The course of true love never did run smooth”  “Love looks not with the eyes”  “I am the merry wanderer of the night”  “Fancy free”

The The Tempest Comedies Themes:  Forgive and forget Exploration and mistreatment of  native populations  Friendship Freedom   Nature Power  Setting:  The sea and an Island Famous Quotes:  “We are such stuff as dreams are made of”  “Brave new world”  “A sea change”  “Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

The Taming of the The Comedies Shrew Themes:  Role of women  Love  Money makes the man Setting:  Italy, Padua Famous Quotes:  “Out of the jaws of death” “The whirlygig of time”   “For the rain it raineth every day” “I’ll not budge an inch” 

The Twelfth Night Comedies Themes: • Love • Disguise • Appearance Setting: Mythological Illyria (Adriatic coast) Famous Quotes: “If music be the food of love, play on” “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust apon them” “This is very midsummer madness”

The Hamlet Tragedies Themes: • Ambition • Revenge • Loyalty • Madness The supernatural • Setting:  Denmark -Elsinore Famous Quotes:  “To be or not to be – that is the question ”  “Heart of hearts”  “To thine own self be true”  “Every dog will have its day”  “In my mind’s eye”  “Get thee to a Nunnery”

The Romeo and Juliet Tragedies Themes: • Love • Tragedy • Conflict Fate • Setting:  Italy – Verona Famous Quotes:  “ O Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo ?”  “Parting is such sweet sorrow”  “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ”  “A fool’s paradise”  “Wild goose chase”

The Julius Caesar Tragedies Themes: • Idealism • Ambition • Deceit Recognise and heed warnings • • Betrayal Setting:  Rome Famous Quotes:  “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears ”  “I came I saw I conquered “  “A dish fit for the gods”  “Beware the ides of March”

The Macbeth Tragedies Themes: • Ambition • Lust for power • Betrayal • Fate War and devastation • Setting:  Scotland & England Famous Quotes: • “Is this a dagger that I see before me?” • “Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble ” • “When shall we three meet again in thunder lightning and in rain ?” • “Something Wicked this way comes” • “Knock knock who’s there?” • “What’s done cannot be undone”

The King Lear Tragedies Themes: • Law and order • Appearance v reality • Justice Reconciliation • Setting:  Britain Famous Quotes:  “How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child ”   “Full circle” •  “I am a man more sinned against than sinning” • • • •

Anthony and The Tragedies Cleopatra Themes: • Love • Opposites/binaries • Duty & honour Setting:  Egypt & Rome Famous Quotes:  “ Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety ”  “My salad days” •

The Othello Tragedies Themes: • Jealousy Reputation and honour • • Love • Betrayal • Race Setting:  Venice & Cyprus • Famous Quotes: • •  “Green eyed monster” “Wear my heart upon my  sleeve”  “Vanish into thin air”  “I am what I am”

A DISH FIT FOR THE GODS AS WHITE AS DRIVEN SNOW Julius Caesar A Winter’s Tale

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE GREEN EYED MONSTER Twelfth night Othello

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD A SEA CHANGE The Merchant Of Venice The Tempest

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT WILD GOOSE CHASE The Merry Wives Of Windsor Romeo And Juliet

GILD THE LILY IN A PICKLE King John The Tempest

FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE THE WHIRLYGIG OF TIME King John Taming of the Shrew

 http://www.shakespearelives.org/learn/schools/shake speare-lives-schools-pack  http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-kids  http://www.shakespearemag.com/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=William%20Shakesp eare  http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famous people/william_shakespeare/  http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/hamlet/teachers- resources/activities.aspx  http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/arts_award_and_rs c_mapping_resource_2014.pdf

Thankyou!

All The World’s a Stage Isle of Wight Mardi Gras 2016: Shakespeare 400 The Comedies The Creative Vocabularies 1. As you like it 1. A Dish fit for the Gods 2. The Merchant of Venice 2. As White as Driven Snow 3. The Merry Wives of Windsor 3. If Music be the Food of Love 4. A Midsummer Nights Dream 4. Green Eyed Monster 5. The Tempest 5. All that Glitters is not Gold 6. The Taming of The Shrew 6. A Sea Change 7. Twelfth Night 7. As luck would have it 8. Wild Goose Chase The Tragedies 9. Gild the Lily 10. In a Pickle 1. Hamlet 11. Fight Fire With Fire 2. Romeo & Juliet 12.The Whirlygig of Time 3. Julius Ceasar 4. Macbeth 5. King Lear 6. Anthony & Cleopatra 7. Othello