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'I really enjoyed it': new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare's works to life in UK classrooms

by Sally Weale Education Correspondent

Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard Act 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a dreary, wet afternoon. Pupils file into the room, take their seats and face the front. These year 10 English students at Ormiston Bushfield academy are taking part in a workshop about Macbeth, part of a new curriculum devised by th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:06am on November 12, 2025