Interestingly, 9 out of the 20 stories in the book were set in Italy:
- The Tempest - Milan, Italy
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Athens, Greece
- The Winter's Tale - Sicily, Italy
- Much Ado About Nothing - Florence, Italy
- As You Like It - France
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona - Verona, Italy
- The Merchant of Venice - Venice, Italy
- Cymberline - England
- King Lear - England
- Macbeth - Scotland
- All's Well that Ends Well - Paris, France
- The Taming of the Shrew - Padua, Italy
- The Comedy of Errors - Sicily, Italy
- Measure for Measure - Vienna, Austria
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Albania
- Timon of Athens - Athens, Greece
- Romeo and Juliet - Verona, Italy
- Hamlet - Denmark
- Othello - Venice, Italy
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre - Tyre, Lebanon
After Tiger has read the book, we discussed briefly about the concepts of comedies and tragedies, and grouped the stories into either category. Tiger's favourite story by far is The Taming of the Shrew. He is tickled by Petruchio's character and wit.
After reading the story, we watched a very good BBC animated production to see it come alive:
However, nothing beats watching the actual performance at The Globe. Tiger remembered laughing so much throughout last summer's performance that it was well worth the time and cost to be there.
You can have a feel of what the performance was like from the clip below:
This post is linked up to:
1) Look What We Did!
2) Hip Homeschool Hop - 4/23/13
3) Homeschool Mother's Journal: April 26, 2013
4) Collage Friday - Reading, Selling , and Recommending Books
5) Homeschool Review
6) Weekly Wrap-Up: The One Where We're Counting Down the Weeks
