This resource is a fully editable and informative 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of William Shakespeare, The Bard of Avon. It is an ideal resource for World Book Day, William Shakespeare Week and Shakespeare’s birthday. The presentation focuses on:

His birthplace and parentage
His family
References to, and excerpts from, well-known plays – Hamlet, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Globe Theatre and Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
The Puritans’ banning of theatres and plays
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare’s contribution to the English language
His burial place
New Place
Shakespeare Week
Shakespeare’s Annual Birthday Celebration in Stratford

There are links to engaging short clips (3 minutes) of MacBeth – film and opera versions. There are also links to Shakespeare’s birthday celebration parade in Stratford and an entertaining stage debate about which word to stress in the phrase ‘to be or not to be’ involving Prince Charles, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant.

A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for primary / older SEN pupils, is also available.

William Shakespeare Simple Text Presentation

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