6V Literature - Shakespeare / Romeo & Juliet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Today's lesson

• Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
• Two scenes
• Different adaptations
• Assignments
• Some more info on theater in Shakespeare's time

Romeo and Juliet

• written between 1591-1595
  
• tragedy 
  
• star-crossed lovers / family feud
• most popular during Shakespeare's lifetime
• Romeo+Juliet by Baz Luhrmann (1996)
  

Trailer - Romeo+Juliet (1996)

Assignment 1

Love at first sight

Assignment 2 (p. 4)

Work in pairs/threes

10 min

The Balcony Scene

Assignment 3 (p. 4)

Work in pairs/threes

10 min

The Globe

• open air theatre, for up to 3,000 spectators 
  
• performances in the afternoon 
  
• built in 1599 

• Shakespeare was shareholder (part owner)  
  
• destroyed by fire in 1613
  > rebuilt a year later 
  
• closed and demolished in 1640s
  > rebuilt in 1997

Special features

Evaluation

• What have we discussed today?
• What is your opinion?

Which fragment from the play did you like most and why?

Which adaptation did you like most and why?