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This four-lesson mini scheme of work explores the rise of Elizabethan Theatre and introduces students to the world of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Kyd through interactive, creative tasks. Ideal for KS3/S3 Drama or cross-curricular learning. Lesson 1 - Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation and Elizabethan Pageantry Lesson 2 - Blank Verse, Elizabethan Theatre Companies and The Theatre Lesson 3 - The Queen’s Men, Kyd & Marlowe and Blackfriar’s Playhouse Lesson 4 - Puritans, The Globe and William Shakespeare This resource includes: A fully-prepared PowerPoint, with differentiated tasks for Design candidates Printable handouts.

This three-lesson mini scheme of work explores the transformation of British theatre during the Jacobean era, including the rise of the King’s Men, Jonson’s “comedy of humours”, Jacobean revenge tragedies, Puritan censorship, and the growing tensions between the monarchy and the parliament. Ideal for KS3/S3 Drama or cross-curricular English and History learning. Lesson 1 – The Union of the Crowns and the Rise of the King’s Men Lesson 2 – Ben Jonson and the Comedy of Humours Lesson 3 – Jacobean Revenge Tragedy and the Five-Act Structure Lesson 4 – The Caroline Era, Puritan Backlash, English Civil War, and the Fall of Theatre This resource includes: A fully-prepared PowerPoint with differentiated tasks for Design candidates Printable handouts