Database for Shakespeare scenes for Theatre Educators
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- Literature
- Theater
- Material Type:
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Provider:
- Reimagine Teaching
- Provider Set:
- Utah Shakespeare Festival
- Date Added:
- 12/08/2020
The resources in this collection can help support your study of the literature and films featured in season 2 of UEN LitFlix.
Month: September 2023
Films/Books:
September 1 – Our Town (1940) The poignant beauty of life and love in a small community is explored in this adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play.
September 8 – King Lear (1970) An aged king stumbles into error when he attempts to reward the love of his daughters. Adapted from William Shakespeare’s masterwork.
September 15 – The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) A comedy of errors ensues when two young men adopt false identities in Oscar Wilde’s play.
September 22 – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) A barber and the owner of a meat pie shop strike a murderous deal. From “Sweeney Todd” by George Dibdin-Pitt.
September 29 – Pygmalion (1938) Professor Higgins bets he can pass off working-class Eliza Doolittle as an aristocrat with a linguistic makeover. This adaptation was produced with input from playwright George Bernard Shaw.
Database for Shakespeare scenes for Theatre Educators
A brief history of the life of William Shakespeare given by the experts at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Includes sections on his early life, his successful years in London, and his enduring legacy.
"Math Behind the Arts" asks a professional drummer and dancers from the Broadway hit, Forty-Second Street, to demonstrate fractions in action; on a TV411 special, a female carpenter shows how math and measurement are critical to her work; "Sports Smarts" taps the expertise of Mets pitcher Al Leiter on the perimeter of a baseball diamond; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains the concept of percentages and multiple mark-downs to bargain-hunting patrons of the Big Store.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of King Lear to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.