Who cares about the paper I'm writing?
- Me
- In the future, I hope to produce writing geared toward younger audiences. Not YA, but ages 9-14ish. If I want to convey themes, morals, subtle humor, etc, then it will be beneficial to learn how something as universal as Shakespeare makes these attempts.
- Teachers and Educators
- If Child targeted theater is beneficial for Shakespeare studies, wouldn't they like to know?
- School Districts/ Principals/Administrators
- why spend a bunch of money on a field trip if it's not even worth it?
- The Theater companies performing these plays?
- Ummm, if they're unsuccessful in accomplishing their goals, I'm sure they would like to hear it. No one likes mediocre productions.
- Improvements that can be made or praise that can be given may be accepted warmly. But who knows. Artists can be touchy.
- Parents
- Suppose you are homeschooling your children. If there is a live production of the play you're studying, why not take a chance seeing it? BUT, if there is a kids version vs. the regular version...which would be more beneficial? If there is already a baseline level of misunderstanding, would it be better to just take 'em to the full version and get "more" for your money.
- Filmmakers/Screenplay writers?
- There are so many [loose] Shakespeare adaptations made into movies and television. The raw stage performance was the first to convey the importance of certain scenes, speeches, characters, and scenes. For something that is concise (30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours), the best strategies to these things efficiently, I'm sure would be appreciated.
Hey Kara, I thought it was interesting that you mentioned you want to write for kids in the general age range of 9-14. That would be the end of elementary school-end of middle school age and most kids aren't introduced to Shakespeare until high school. You could definitely argue that exposing children to Shakespeare before high school will prepare them for their high school experience with literature - it'll put them ahead of the curve
ReplyDeleteThanks for that insight! I think that could definitely be a good addition to one side of the argument. "is children's theater a successful teaching tool for Shakespeare?" is the main question, and on the defense side, that may be a goog arguable point! Thanks!
Deleteoh and btw... I loved the title for your post. May or may not have been why I started reading it haha
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