Summary

  • Held in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company and featuring special guests including director Justin Audibert

  • Presented by CBBC's Katie Thistleton and Karim Zeroual

  • Send in your questions to [email protected] or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons

  1. I commend you to your own content!published at 11:45

    (The Comedy of Errors: Act 1, Scene 2)

    That's the end of the Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson but don't forget you can still send in your questions for the next 24 hours and we'll try our best to answer as many as possible. Get in touch via email at [email protected] or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons 

  2. Shakespeare in Shorts...?published at 11:44 GMT 18 March 2016

    No, we don't mean that kind of shorts... Although in the Elizabethan era, men did wear a combination of tights and shorts called a doublet and hose! BBC Bitesize have a short animated retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zyw97hv

  3. More of your awesome Macbeth pictures!published at 11:31

    Macbeth PicturesImage source, Year 5 at Well Lane Primary School in Tranmere
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    These are from Year 5 at Well Lane Primary School in Tranmere

  4. Double, double, toil and trouble!published at 11:30

    Hope you're all enjoying drawing those three weird witches. Here's a super scene from Nelson Mandela School here in Birmingham.

    A drawing of three witches from Macbeth.Image source, Nelson Mandela School
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    Macbeth

  5. Macdeathpublished at 11:25

    Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's bloodiest plays and wouldn't usually be described as funny but this wonderful retelling on BBC School Radio by author Pamela Butchart manages just that!

  6. Want more Henry V?published at 11:15

    Check out BBC School Radio's Shakespeare Retold website for 'Henry V - A Soldier’s Tale' - a short story inspired by Henry V written by children's author Geraldine McCaughrean.

  7. Not long left to vote...published at 11:10

    ...for your favourite Shakespearean word or phrase.

    Shakespeare invented many words and phrases that we still use today but what is your favourite? If you want to take part in our vote, you better be quick as voting closes at 11:20!

  8. Hope you're enjoying the show!published at 11:13 GMT 18 March 2016

    Here's Northway Primary

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  9. New to Shakespeare?published at 11:08 GMT 18 March 2016

    Year 5 from Eaves Primary School, St Helens, who have never experienced Shakespeare before, are very excited!

    If this is your first experience of Shakespeare, check out the links on our Live Lessons page for lots of introductory resources from the BBC and RSC.

  10. Your questions are coming inpublished at 11:05

    We've had some lovely questions in advance from Mr Dawson and his class. Remember to keep using the hashtag #bbclivelessons to send in your questions. We'll try to feature as many as we can during the Live Lesson.

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  11. Good dawning to thee, friend(s)...published at 11:02

    (King Lear: Act 2, Scene 2)

    A very good morning to all of you watching in your classrooms and at home! Thanks for your messages - here's a selection:

    • Mr Shepherd and Year 5/6 watching from St. Oswald’s Primary School, Coppull.
    • Year 6 will be watching from St. Augustine's School in Worksop! We have looked at the witches scene in Macbeth and written love letters from Titania to Bottom during our work on A Midsummer Night's Dream!
    • We'll be tuning in for Shakespeare this morning - Y6, Netherthong Primary, Holmfirth.
    • Year 5 Classes (5ZJ and 5R) from Broadfield Community Primary School in Rochdale. Can't wait. We are scheduled to learn, rehearse and perform our own version of King Lear in the Summer Term so we are hoping this will be a perfect springboard!
    • Hello from home-educating Kate & Chris (mum & dad) and children: Emma, David, Tim, James, Peter, Jonathan and baby Richard!
    • Year 5 at Springhead Primary School, Talke Pits, Staffordshire will be watching the live lesson today. We watched the first part of (The RSC's) , externalOthello live streaming yesterday and wrote a soliloquy as Iago. We love studying Shakespeare and have recently been working on a Midsummer's night dream.
    • Class Argyll at Fourlanesend Community Primary School in Cawsand, Cornwall will be taking part in the Shakespeare lesson today!

  12. And we're off!published at 11:00

    Shakespeare: Unplugged has begun

    Welcome to our Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson, held in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Thank you for joining us. Keep your comments and questions coming in to [email protected] and you could see them featured on the show.

  13. Get ready...published at 10:43 GMT 18 March 2016

    Our Live Lesson will be starting in about fifteen minutes

    Get your class together and ready to start. We're about to begin! Click the 'play' button above to start the live stream.

    Look out for your schools' name on our ticker at the bottom of the screen, and remember to send us your pictures, comments and questions at [email protected]or use the hashtag #bbclivelessons

  14. Thank you for joining uspublished at 10:30

    You're in the right place!

    Our Shakespeare: Unplugged Live Lesson will be starting in half an hour. Follow the live text commentary here and click the 'play' button at the top of the page when it appears.