Children could research the real stories of these two kings and compare Shakespeare’s story with historical fact. Break the story down into 10 sentences (or have the children dothis once they ...

But the story shares many parallels with Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. This retelling wasn’t the original plan for Disney in the writing phase of The Lion King. Initially, they were looking to ...

This is a radically different and very light-hearted take on theoriginal Shakespeare story. Children could research the original plot of the Shakespeare tragedy and spot similarities and ...

They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of ... of his own and used language to breathe new life into the stories. Shakespeare also took inspiration from real life when writing his plays.

Sophie and the BFG team up on an unlikely adventure in a bid to save children everywhere. The Roald Dahl Story Company has collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the Chichester ...

Introduction Shakespeare Retold is a series of ten stories written by well-known children’s authors. Each story is inspired by or based on a play by William Shakespeare. These are not straight ...