Oxford Shakepeare Project

The Oxford Shakespeare Project offers exciting new ways to bring Shakespeare to life in the classroom, in the lab, and at home! Online and print resources focus on active learning, critical thinking, thoughtful inquiry, and differentiated instruction.

Shakespeare Online includes:

Personal Playscripts (print and online)
Student Websites
Teacher Resources

Graphic Novels in 3 versions:

Original Text
Modern Text
Quick Text (print and online)

The Shakespeare Online Usage Report is now available! Click the cover below to see how Oxford technology is being employed by Canadian teachers to create exicting, dynamic, & powerful learning experiences for their students.

Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online provides all students with a personal, meaningful, and powerful multimedia experience. Accessible anytime from anywhere, the site features well-known movies, stage and audio productions, photographs from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival archives, supports for basic understanding of plot, language, and characters, and an interactive version of the Playscript.

Now available: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet

For each play:

Personal Playscript (print and interactive versions),
Website, and
Teacher's Resource

Personal Playscript

Easy for teachers to manage. Easy for students to use.

Similar to a professional actor's or director's "working script"
Designed to be read, underlined, highlighted and written in
Both print and online versions included
Online version includes interactive learning tools and audio
to aid comprehension
Includes a single-user student Online Registration Code

Click on the image to the right for sample student-annotated pages.

Sample playscript pages from Hamlet Online

Website Contents and Learning Tools

Website Contents

Full-length motion pictures, stage and audio productions
Exclusive production photographs from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival archives
Graphic Novels in quick text format (selected plays)
Interactive version of the Playscript

Learning Tools

Comprehension tools & Audio
Study tips, guided inquiry and self-check questions
Online notebook
Searchable glossary

Roll-over the tabs to the right to see a summary of the tab's content.

Teacher Resources

Active, experiential, and purposeful.

The Shakespeare Online Teacher Resources focus on reading for meaning, thinking critically, inquiring thoughtfully, participating
actively, and engaging with different kinds of texts and media.

Each teacher resource includes:

Over 50 strategies with short explanations
8 to 10 scaffolded activities focusing on key scenes
Integration of the multi-media content from the site
Assessment support
Practical ideas for managing an active classroom environment

Series Consultant and Author:

Kathy Gould Lundy

Extensive classroom experience in literacy, English, and drama

Teacher for Stratford Shakespeare Festival actors who work in Ontario schools.

Author: "Talking to Learn" (Oxford 2011)

Graphic Novels

Shakespeare for ALL students!

Three print versions with the same stunning artwork let all students enjoy the plays:

Original Text: complete original script
Modern Text: complete play in modern English
Quick Text: complete play with less dialogue
Click here to compare all three versions

Quick Text version included in Shakespeare Online
Historical information and Shakespeare in Canada
also included

The Oxford Shakespeare Project offers exciting new ways to bring Shakespeare to life in the classroom, in the lab, and at home! Online and print resources focus on active learning, critical thinking, thoughtful inquiry, and differentiated instruction.

Learn about our unlimited, multi-year school access or personal-playscript licensing options.

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Full of action and atmosphere from start to finish, these stunning graphic readers are available for $19.95 each.

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