The project aims to open disadvantaged young people to the language and imagination of Shakespeare, through the medium of a colourful version of the First Folio for Children, developed in partnership between the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Walker Book. The book uses Shakespeare’s original language, shortened, and adapted specifically for children to read and perform, with 10,000 free copies distributed to schools and libraries nationally.
Using funding from The Benefact Group we will develop inspirational performance opportunities for children using the new Children’s Folio; and sustainable CPD and resources for teachers and librarians to embed new skills and extend the impact of the project for the future.
The project is an exciting new idea which utilises SBT’s ‘Shakespeare Week’, a national programme which reaches 2,000 000 participants live and online, and which celebrates its own high profile 10th birthday in 2024.
