From drama workshops to cartoon animations, teachers are always looking for new ways to bring Shakespeare alive for their students. The latest innovation is an iPad app that enables pupils to explore, experience and examine Shakespeare’s most famous texts.
Developed by Cambridge University Press and mobile app agency Agant, the first two apps were launched last month and focus on Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.
Cambridge University Press trialled the apps with year 9 pupils studying Romeo and Juliet at St Mary’s School, an all-girls school in Cambridge.
“Our teachers always try to take Shakespeare off the page and on to the stage,” said Charlotte Avery, head of St Mary’s and herself an English and drama teacher.
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