Student Workshops
Active two hour workshops with an RSC practitioner in our Clore Learning Centre. These workshops can be tailored to your students and their current knowledge and experience of the play. You can book a workshop as a individual event or as part of your trip to see a show.
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For Teachers
Certificate in Teaching Shakespeare: Foundation
Our flagship course for teachers new to using RSC rehearsal room approaches, the Foundation Certificate is three days of CPD investigating three of Shakespeare's most popular plays.
17 - 18 October 2025, and 9 January 2026, Stratford-upon-Avon
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INSET Days
Book a CPD session to enhance your teaching of one of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies exploring themes of conflict and identity, including for A level English Literature or Drama and Theatre Studies. Our INSET Days explore techniques used in our rehearsal rooms and and look at how you can use these in the classroom to bring Shakespeare to life. You can book full days, half days/twilights and online sessions.
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Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's tragedies. It is a play about a young prince who sets out to uncover and then avenge the murder of his father, spurred on by his father’s ghost.
For students, this play is a great opportunity to explore the concepts of tragedy and family discourse as well as a range of themes including:
You explore these themes and the language in the play in more detail using resources in the Shakespeare Learning Zone.
Teacher Packs
Access our Guide to Teaching Hamlet with ideas and resources for teaching Hamlet. For more ideas and activities see our past teaching packs below:
Video Resources
These resources were created to support the 2020 Schools' Broadcast of Hamlet, where students were able to access the 2016 production, directed by Simon Godwin with Paapa Essiedu in the title role.
Shakespeare Learning Zone
Students will find many resources in our Shakespeare Learning Zone, including scene by scene analysis, activities on character relationships, in depth scene studies and PEE grids. These resources are also perfect to be used by teachers in the classroom.
