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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
It seems to me that the way to introduce high school children to Shakespeare is to take them to see a professional performance of one or more of the plays - that's what grabs you and that's how they were meant to be experienced.
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Yes! Curling up with a script from Shakespeare might never become my idea of a good time, but he comes alive on the stage. And, I've enjoyed reading the play afterward, before the glow has faded. (Thinking of Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet, here.)
Also, some theater productions are very witty modern adaptations. Purists dislke them, but I believe if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd applaud them.