Inspire your students and bring Shakespeare to life in the classroom with Shakespeare’s Globe Video Collection: a dynamic database providing students and educators of English and Drama with the unique opportunity to experience productions from the world-renowned Shakespeare’s Globe theater.

Content Highlights

  • Full-length productions of Shakespeare's most widely taught plays from Shakespeare’s Globe:
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    • Hamlet
    • Julius Caesar
    • King Lear
    • Macbeth
    • Othello
    • Romeo and Juliet
    • The Merchant of Venice
    • The Tempest
    • Twelfth Night
  • Plot overviews and transcripts for each play
  • Vocabulary and main character overviews 

Features and Benefits

  • Closed captioning and searchable, dynamic transcripts
  • Play clipping tool to allow educators to make their own clips
  • Academic Success Corner — skill-building modules that support students' understanding of Shakespeare and core academic skills including writing, researching, and more
  • Educator Support Site — ready-made lesson plans, helpful articles for educators, key questions for classroom examination, and more
  • Correlated to Common Core and English Language Arts state standards