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The few times I taught Shakespeare in an Introduction to Literature course I was always reaching for a way to make the passion of Shakespeare more relevant to young souls who would rather be slugging Coke and chewing on French fries than pouring over couplets and answering questions about the purpose of an "aside."
I wish I'd had Cameron's In the Shadow of the Globe in hand, for she proves the everyday quests for human understanding, compassion – the lust for love aren't ancient syllabic entreaties, but simply part of the ebb and flow of our lives.
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| - Janet Buck, from a review of
In the Shadow of the Globe
in OffCourse, the literary journal of the University of Albany |
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Looking for a different way to teach your students what life was like “behind the curtain” in Shakespeare's age? The Bankside Players become the Bard’s apprentices and players, theatre wives and orange sellers, fellow playwrights and even Her Majesty the Queen — all bringing the Globe Theatre to vivid life.
Based on poems from the verse novel, In the Shadow of the Globe, these performers rise for an early morning practice, buy noble hand-me-downs to use as costumes, suffer at the hands of a stingy mistress, rip down the posters of another acting company, and dread a performance for the terrifying Queen Elizabeth. They perform amid a backdrop that includes a day at the bear baiting ring, the heart-wrenching pestilence of bubonic plague, a fire at the Globe Theatre, and the hustle and bustle of Tudor England.
- Suitable for grades 7-12
- Length: 40-45 minutes
- Size: limited by facility
Typical audience size 250
- Presentation area: a stage
- Set-up/take-down time:
- Setup: 45 minutes
- Take-down: 30 minutes
- 15 minutes between performances
- Price for one assembly is $995.00
- Each additional assembly performed at the same
location on the same day is $200.00 extra.
- Price includes supplemental teaching materials and
one copy of In the Shadow of the Globe.
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This performance can further be augmented by Michelle Cameron's Shakespeare for the MySpace Generation workshop for teachers, available from Murphy Writing Seminars.
To contact the Bankside Players, email Michelle Cameron at mcameron19@gmail.com
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