Drama and Theatre Magazine Spring 1 - 2014/15 Back Issue

We celebrate the Bard of Avon in this special Shakespeare issue of Teaching Drama! Tom Bateman, currently starring as the Bard in Shakespeare in Love, talks to TD about his acting career; we examine the latest learning opportunities on offer at the Globe; Dame Judi Dench comments on the power of bad childhood teaching to ruin Shakespeare’s plays; and our round-up of Shakespeare web resources. Plus, chief executive of the National Youth Theatre Paul Roseby on the perception problem of GCSE drama and how cross-curricular teaching could combat the view of drama as a ‘soft’ subject; our green room panel debate whether students should be given the opportunity to tackle older roles such as King Lear or Queen Mary; how international theatre internships can offer the chance to gain industry experience abroad; a beginner’s introduction to the Pantaloons; pastoral care in staging the school production; Harold Pinter; why running LAMDA exam classes can be rewarding; and we share tips from the 2014 NATD conference.