Playing Shakespeare With Deutsche Bank

Proving an unmitigated success, the annual Playing Shakespeare season at The Globe promises to enthral, engage and entertain thousands more teenagers this spring. Susan Elkin is a huge, well wrapped up fan.

- Susan Elkin

Anyone who doubts that Shakespeare still speaks to young people should get along to The Globe to see The Taming of the Shrew which runs until 25 March. And take with you any naysayer of your acquaintance who says that Shakespeare is too difficult for, or irrelevant to, teenagers.

Since 2007 Shakespeare’s Globe has been offering an annual thrilling, vibrant 90 minute version of a fully staged play for secondary school and A level students. Known as “Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank” the project runs each spring. And the audience atmosphere – pulsing with energy – is like nothing I see or hear for the whole of the rest of the year anywhere else.