ShakesFear and How to Cure It

The Complete Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare

Ralph Alan Cohen

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781474228732
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Shakespeare Drama
• Index: Literature

For teachers and lovers of Shakespeare, ShakesFear and How to Cure It provides a comprehensive approach to the challenge and rewards of teaching Shakespeare and gives teachers both an overview of each of Shakespeare's 38 plays and specific classroom tools for teaching it. Written by a celebrated teacher, scholar and director of Shakespeare, it shows teachers how to use the text to make the words and the moments come alive for their students. It refutes the idea that Shakespeare's language is difficult and provides a survey of the plays by someone who has lived intimately with them on the page and on the stage.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Dedication
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Foreword Judi Dench
• Acknowledgements
• Part I
• 1 Seven Deadly Preconceptions of Teaching Shakespeare
• 2 Eight Don’ts of Teaching Shakespeare
• 3 Nine Dos of Teaching Shakespeare
• 4 Student Complaint No. 1: ‘Shakespeare’s Too Hard’
• 5 Student Complaint No. 2: ‘Shakespeare is Boring and/or Irrelevant’
• Part II
• Introduction
• The Plays
• Appendix: A Personal Guide to Shakespeare on Screen
• Index
• Copyright