Year 8 English

Bell Shakespeare Company

On Thursday of Week 9, our Year 8 English cohort had the privilege of watching the Bell Shakespeare Company Players perform a version of the classic "Romeo and Juliet". The performance included explanation of some of the metaphor and specialist language that Shakespeare used, as well as clarification on elements of Shakespeare's context. They were horrified that Juliet, at age 13 - their age! - was being married off by her father! The performers were thoroughly entertaining and held their audience captive for the duration of the show. It is always wonderful for us in the English faculty to provide our students with the special intimacy of live performance and the opportunity to show them Shakespeare as it was intended -  loud, vibrant, intense, and full of that unique sweet sorrow. We look forward to the return of the Bell Shakespeare Company Players in 2024.

Siobhan McCosker
Leader of Learning - English