Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Drama
Learn how to explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions.
Other
Jack Wolcott: Vide Occasions: Theatre History on the Web
This comprehensive site offers links to the history of British theatre including the Classics, Medieval and Renaissance, Elizabethan, 17th, 18th, 19th Century, Contemporary, and Non-Western theatre. It also provides links to theatre...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Review of Dramatic Elements: Practice 4 (English I Reading)
You will be able to recognize the functions of monologue, soliloquy, and dramatic irony in a play.
British Library
British Library: Prose and Verse in Shakespeare's Plays
An article discussing how Shakespeare used prose and verse in his plays, and what we can learn from this. The author cites numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays and a few from other authors. Includes images of documents in the...
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth
This is the complete text of Macbeth by William Shakespeare in the original language and in modern English side-by-side. It also provides short bios for each of the characters in the play and an explanation of how to cite No Fear...
Other
Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site
Contains a large amount of information on creative drama including classroom ideas, theater games, plays for performance, and more.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Animal Trainer [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for The Animal Trainer is provided on these pages. Three character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Bremen Town Musicians [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Lisa Blau's early childhood book, The Bremen Town Musicians, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Emily Jenkins's "Toys Go Out" [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Emily Jenkins' children's book, Toys Go Out, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "The Bad News" [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Alvin Swartz's short story, "The Bad News" from More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: In the Beginning
This expansive self-guided unit hits on many objectives such as analyzing literature for author's purpose, figuring out the main idea/theme, understanding historical criticism, comparing and contrasting works from major historical...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act tragic play The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
Tufts University
Perseus Library: Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe
This site includes the text of all of Christopher Marlowe's works which may be accessed through an index. They are easy to read.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Review of Dramatic Elements: Practice 4 (English I Reading)
In the first few sections, you are going to learn about monologues and soliloquies before you get to that last possibility, dramatic irony. You already know how dialogue works, but you will learn to recognize these additional dramatic...
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology of English L Iterature: Sixteenth Century: Overview
Introductory material for a survey of sixteenth-century English literature offering information on the period, its major figures, and influences.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: England 1940's Collection
This is a collection of three video lessons from MASTERPIECE: Historical Drama "World on Fire" based on events in England in the 1940's.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: World on Fire: England Responds to Hitler
Explore the various points of view the British people had about fighting Hitler and Germany, in this video [1:26] excerpt from World on Fire, Masterpiece. Neither Robina Chase, an upper-class mother whose son is a soldier, nor Douglas...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Literary Text: Archetypes, Motifs, & Plot in Drama
A learning module that teaches students about archetypes, motifs, and plot in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Character Archetypes, Archetypal Plot Patterns, Other Archetypal Patterns, Archetypal Motifs, and Your Turn.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding Drama
A learning module that teaches students how to understand drama in four mini lessons: Introduction, Inference-Connecting the Dots, Complex Inference-Using Hidden Clues, and Your Turn.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: The Deep Blue Sea
Read an overview of "The Deep Blue Sea" by Terence Rattigan and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: The Homecoming
Premiering in 1965, Harold Pinter's two-act play "The Homecoming" is one of the playwright's most unnerving works. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and manuscripts.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: The Birthday Party
Read an overview of the play "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Pygmalion
Read an overview of the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: The Black Jacobins
C.L.R. James explores the subject of the Haitian Revolution in the play "The Black Jacobins". Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.