Shakespeare in Love

Perfect to team with the study of Romeo and Juliet;

marvellous on its own!

Contents

Suggested Teaching Approach	3
Complex Makeup of a Movie	5
Plot	6	Worksheets
Narrative Structure	8	Scene Analysis Work Sheets	56
Plot Devices and Motifs	13	Script for montage sequence	58
Scene-by-scene commentary	15	Student Scene-by-scene work-sheets	63
Allusions Explained	23	Motifs	72
The Elizabethan Theatre	24	Allusions	73
Allusions task-sheet answers	25	Quotations	75
Setting the Scene	27	Characters: Viola, Will	76
Costumes	30	Scene List	78
Characterisation – the Actors	31	Glossary of Film Terms	80
Characterisation – the Characters	33	Unit Outline	82
Real Characters – assignment	36	Index	83
Themes Explored	40
Scene Analysis	42
Role of the Director	44	CD Extras: Photo Gallery; Techniques essay plan; assignment: Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare in Love; Character Worksheet; Film Narration; Interview with Tom Stoppard; Other Interviews; Plot Questions; Role of Women assignment; Structure worksheet
Areas for Further Study	45
Weaving Romeo and Juliet into the film	46
What Was Really Going on in London?	48
Women on the Stage	50
‘Love and a bit with a dog.’	52
Essay	53
Cast List	55