Macbeth: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

I teach Macbeth, and because I focus on several of the passages that were missing in the 30 minute Macbeth, I doubt I'll be using it in my class.

I was expecting this to be a cut version of Macbeth. I had no idea that it would include all kinds of tips and ideas for putting on a classroom performance of Macbeth! Awesome resource!

My class loved it!

I did not end up using anything from the resource and wish that if I had to do it again, I would have ordered the hard copy not the electronic copy.

The full thrust of the 30 minute shakespeare series is to get students up from their desks and on their feet. It is a terrific way to introduce a play into their lives. One of the problems I encounter as a teaching artist is that most students look at plays as Literature. I suppose I get it, as there are few other choices to introduce the works to them. But a play is literature about as much as sheet music is a concert. And this is what I try to teach my students - plays only live when they are SEEN AND HEARD. Nick Newlin's excellent adaptations have given me multiple chances to work students past understanding the plot, toward understanding what it is to make a play. Bravo.