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Shakespeare Schools Foundation (SSF) is a education charity operating across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Each year, 30,000 people throughout the UK [1] participate in the Shakespeare Schools Festival. Since 2000, SSF has worked with over 300,000 students and their teachers. [2]
Shakespeare Schools Foundation then (Shakespeare Schools Festival), was founded in the year 2000, It was founded by Chris Grace.
In 2016, the Shakespeare Schools Festival was rebranded as the Shakespeare Schools Foundation.
The SSF develops a range of curriculum resources [3] and offers standalone workshops for students, teachers, and businesses. [4]
2016
27,550 young people from 1,093 schools performed abridged versions of Shakespeare plays in 131 theatres across the UK as part of the 16th Shakespeare Schools Festival.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, SSF staged performances at 10 Downing Street, [5] Westminster Abbey, a West End Gala, and at Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday. SSF also hosted the Trial of Hamlet fundraiser. [6] Tried by QCs in front of Lady Justice Hallett, evidence from Gertrude (played by Meera Syal), Claudius (played by Tom Conti), and Player King (played by Lee Mack) was insufficient to find Hamlet (played by John Heffernan) guilty for the murder of Polonius. [7] SSF's young performers shared the stage with the cast.
In 2018, the Foundation was awarded the Praemium Imperiale Grant for Young Artists, [8] having been selected for the award by Chancellor of the University of Oxford and former Chairman of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten. [9]
In April 2018, SSF hosted another West End fundraiser, "Trial of Richard III", this time at the Novello Theatre. [10] The cast included Hugh Dennis, David Oakes, Kae Alexander, Lady Justice Hallett, Ian Winter QC, and John Kelsey Fry QC [11] with contributions from Ed Vaizey MP, Maggie Aderin Pocock, and Tim Campbell. [12]
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Hamlet is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". It is widely considered one of the greatest plays of all time. Three different early versions of the play are extant: the First Quarto ; the Second Quarto ; and the First Folio. Each version includes lines and passages missing from the others.
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Please note: Shakespeare Schools Festival became Shakespeare Schools Foundation in 2016. The Festival is the charity's flagship project.
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