The children were enthralled by Shakespeare's greatest love story with its tragic ending. The visual effects and awesome acting brought the story to life before the children's eyes.
After studying and analysing the text, character and plot through our Literacy sessions. The film version showed the children how the characters would have looked, the places where the story was set and the children's own challenge of learning the language used and understanding the play as it unfolded.
The children were able to link the Sky Blue Theatre production and the roles they reenacted to the film version. The prologue, which was studied in detail, was portrayed through an opening speech and visually through a jousting tournament between the two great households: the Montagues and Capulets. Main characters were quickly identified as children knew the play through their class work.
"I really enjoyed watching the film as it made it easier to imagine what that period of time would have looked like." Isaac Stevens, Palm class.
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