Shakespeare's plays (for kids)

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Girls, boys, mums and dads, here you are a bunch of stories based on Shakespeare's plays adapted for children and young learners. These short story videos will help children to know some of the plays by the greatest English author of all times and have a lot of fun, as well as learn a bit more of Shakespeare's language. Click on the image beside and enjoy!

 

About William Shakespeare

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What do you know about William Shakespeare? He is an extremely important figure in the English language, literature, theatre, poetry, culture, history ... and so on, and so for. I guess you have heard about his works, plays and poems, and also about his ability to invent new words that have enriched the English language.  Please, have a look at the video clicking on the picture on the right, which will help you discover the life of this great artist.  

If you want to know more about the theatre where Shakespeare performed his plays, The Globe Theatre, have a look at the website by clicking on the logo on the left.  

Jungle Book

Theatre day for Cicle Inicial pupils at Bartrina Theatre.  Our students enjoyed a play based on the famous Jungle Book story written by R.Kipling and performed by Open Theatre company.  All in all, a great time in this wonderful theatre where Cicle Inicial students could learn to be a good audience, as well as have fun with the adventures of Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa and Sher Khan.

Theatre - Treasure Island

Cicle Mitjà and Cicle Superior students watched Treasure Island theatre play at Bartrina theatre in Reus in a full English version.  Our students could enjoy an adapted version of the famous masterpiece by the Scottish author Robert L. Stevenson, which dates from the end of the 19th century.  If you want to know more about these story of "buccaneers and buried gold", do not doubt on getting one on a local bookshop or even have a walk to our local library and borrow it, as you may easily find a volume either in Catalan, Spanish or English.

A Christmas Carol

Students at Cicle Superior went to Teatre Bartrina last Tuesday 10th December to watch A Christmas Carol, based in the novel with the same title by Charles Dickens.

This is one the most famous and popular works by this English writer, who is at the same time, one of the most important writers in the English language.  

Here you can see a few pictures of our students at the theatre and if you click on the title of the play above, you will be able to enjoy a short version of the same work in a video. 

What a Halloween Night!

Cicle Mitjà students went to the Teatre Bartrina last Tuesday 26th November to watch the theatre play WHAT A HALLOWEEN NIGHT! performed by The Performers Ink Company.  

This play was a full English language experience for our 3th and 4th year pupils, as it was totally spoken in English.  

At the same time, they could enjoy the atmosphere of being in a real theatre place, as Teatre Bartrina is.

Here you are some moments taken in and out of the theatre place.