Richard II - Shakespeare Play - A Readers' Theater Script & Activities Gr. 4-6
EBOTM186901
$6.75 CAD
Additional information:
This adapted play is 10 - 15 minutes long, and will instill a love of Shakespeare and boost literacy skills!
Background information is provided to enrich the play, a program for easy staging, and costumes are included. Character roles are written at an easy reading level.
Arranged in two sections, theteacher sectionincludes assessment forms, a brief Shakespeare biography, ideas for presenting, discussing, and working with the play. Thestudent sectionincludes the script, and two creative thinking and writing worksheets, and comprehension activities that allow students to demonstrate their comprehension of the materials at hand, and improve writing skills.
Synopsis of the play:
Long ago, in England, the young king, Richard II, was proving to be unpopular for his arrogant decisions and pursuits; The final straw for many of the nobles occurred when Richard seized the inheritance of Henry Bolingbroke, his cousin who he had earlier banished, to finance an armed assault on some rebel Irish. Upon returning to England, Richard found his reign opposed all most universally, and several of his supporters already executed. Surrendering his crown to Bolingbroke, Richard was sent to the Tower of London, where he was assassinated by a supporter of Bolingbroke, now King Henry IV. Saddened by the news of Richard's death, Henry promised to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to atone for his role in Richard's demise..
