Alanna Beeken is a writer and consultant working in arts education. She was Creative and Festival Director of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, the flagship project of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation.
'A welcome tool to bring the Bard alive for students... sets things out in a logical fashion, without losing any of the creativity or impact of the activities... I can only wish my English teacher had a copy of this sparky little volume when I was first struggling with Shakespeare... many young lives will be transformed when they connect with Shakespeare's world and all it can offer' * Broadway World * 'An incredibly effective way of accessing Shakespeare... I've been a practitioner for over 10 years, and I found plenty of new material here, plus the fact that the exercises are phrased so clearly that they immediately usurped my own notes... [this book is] a useful companion to anyone working with young people and Shakespeare. Get one now and start passing it round the office' * Drama & Theatre Magazine * 'An accessible new addition to Nick Hern Books's Drama Games series... Each of the 66 games is carefully but simply explained and could be used by anyone mounting an inclusive Shakespeare production with young people' * Ink Pellet Magazine *