Student Workshops
Active two hour workshops with an RSC practitioner in our Clore Learning Centre. These workshops can be tailored to your students and their current knowledge and experience of the play. You can book a workshop as a individual event or as part of your trip to see Measure for Measure.
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INSET Days
Book a CPD session in your school to enhance your teaching of this text for Key stage 3 or A level English Literature. Our INSET sessions explore techniques used in our rehearsal rooms and and look at how you can use these in the classroom to bring Shakespeare to life. You can book a full day, half day/twilight or online workshop with us.
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Measure for Measure is the story of Claudio who is arrested for immoral behaviour by Angelo, the man temporarily in charge of Vienna. As the play unfolds Claudio's sister Isabella works to ensure he is released.
This play is often referred to as one of Shakespeare's problem plays, and allows lots of opportunities to discuss ideas of justice and law. As well as this, there are lots of themes you can use as routes into the text:
- Wealth and Corruption
- Religion and faith
- Forgiveness and Mercy
There are so many different ways of exploring the text but you may find the following particularly useful in introducing the text:
