A Visit to the Theatre in the Time of Shakespeare

Click on the button above to download eye-witness accounts from the late C16th on life in London and the experience of visiting the theatre. They ultimately guide students towards producing a piece of creative writing, but they could also be used for a range of other tasks if your wards are studying Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth for GCSE English Literature.

Page 1

• Eye-witness accounts on London
• Eye-witness accounts on visiting the theatre

Page 2

• Extract from A Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England
• Plan for a creative writing task

Another resource that might be helpful is the Introduction to Shakespeare Heroes and Villains booklet – click here to download it 🎭

Hope the stuff’s useful –

Doug

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