orangearrow Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Choosing for our book club for next year and having a hard time deciding! The kids are between ages of 9-14. They have, together, through past years, read: Macbeth The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream My kids have read The Twelfth Night multiple times, so while we love this one, we'd probably rather read something else, lol. So... trying to narrow it down. :) Many of these kids will be covering Medieval/Renaissance history next year. Current possibilities are: Much Ado About Nothing Henry IV Romeo and Juliet (most of the kids have seen/read some version of R&J before, but not recently, and not discussed it in depth) Open to any suggestions, though, because I'm drawing a blank. They're all sounding like equally wonderful and equally poor choices. :gnorsi: edited to add for context: My kids (and many of the kids in the group) will wind up reading much (most?) of Shakespeare before they've finished high school, so not reading it this year will just mean we'll get to it in a future year. Also, the group will be reading books like King Arthur, Beowulf, Arabian Nights, Robin Hood, Canterbury Tales, and others along those lines this year. It's also possible that they'll cover two Shakespeare plays (one at the tail end of the year). Edited April 26, 2012 by orangearrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Julius Caesar Richard the Third Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Much Ado About Nothing. We just finished seeing the play and movie, and my girls loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I loved Julius Caesar during my freshman year of high school and wished we had read it during middle school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejane Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Othello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 That is the same list we made our choice of last one of the year from, without the wretched Romeo and Juliet, never liked that one. ;) I voted for Much Ado, it is one of our all time favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysian Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 How about Henry V instead of Henry IV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Our Shakespeare group this year has done: Much Ado About Nothing Macbeth The Taming of the Shrew Henry V Hamlet The Tempest Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night's Dream They enjoyed Much Ado (play and movie)because it happened to be one that they were already familiar with the movie. We had some lively discussions about Benedick and Beatrice, as well as Dogberry :D Macbeth was a favorite read, but you've done it already. Hamlet with David Tennant was their favorite movie hands down, but a difficult read for some. We just had our Romeo & Juliet discussion/activity this past Wednesday. Though the boys in the group stated that they didn't like it, they DID say it was one of the easiest reads of the year. We had plenty of lively discussion with it as well! Most of us watched the Romeo + Juliet movie (PG-13) and so we had some compare and contrast with the movie, as well as with the other tragedies we had done this year. So I guess from your list I would vote Much Ado or R&J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 You've already done a comedy and a tragedy. Sounds like a historical play is in order. I would pick either Henry V or Juliius Caesar. Henry V fits the time period better and my kids (7 and 10) loved watching the Kenneth Brannough version on Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I vote for Julius Caesar or The Tempest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Right now, my plan is to do: Taming of the Shrew Midsummer's Night Dream Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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