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On October 24, 2014, Humanities Texas held a workshop in Dallas for secondary-level language arts teachers on teaching the plays of William Shakespeare.

Faculty lectures addressed the historical and cultural contexts of Shakespeare's works, approaches to commonly taught comedies and tragedies, and teaching using performance-based strategies.

Workshop faculty included J. Dennis Huston (Rice University), and James Loehlin, Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, and John Rumrich of The University of Texas at Austin.

Questions about Teacher Institutes

Call 512.440.1991 (press 2) or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.

"Teaching Shakespeare" Workshop Photos : Slideshow
  1. "Teaching Shakespeare" workshop participants at Communities Foundation of Texas in Dallas.
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  1. Thumbnail of: "Teaching Shakespeare" workshop participants at Communities Foundation of Texas in Dallas.
  2. Thumbnail of: John Rumrich, professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a lecture on soliloquy and insurrection in Shakespeare’s tragedies.
  3. Thumbnail of: John Rumrich leads a small-group discussion with workshop participants.
  4. Thumbnail of: J. Dennis Huston, Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English at Rice University, delivers a lecture on approaches to teaching <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>.
  5. Thumbnail of: J. Dennis Huston leads a workshop comparing different cinematic productions of <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>.
  6. Thumbnail of: James Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a presentation on performance-based strategies for teaching Shakespeare.
"Teaching Shakespeare" workshop participants at Communities Foundation of Texas in Dallas.
"Teaching Shakespeare" Workshop Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: "Teaching Shakespeare" workshop participants at Communities Foundation of Texas in Dallas.
  2. Thumbnail of: John Rumrich, professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a lecture on soliloquy and insurrection in Shakespeare’s tragedies.
  3. Thumbnail of: John Rumrich leads a small-group discussion with workshop participants.
  4. Thumbnail of: J. Dennis Huston, Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English at Rice University, delivers a lecture on approaches to teaching <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>.
  5. Thumbnail of: J. Dennis Huston leads a workshop comparing different cinematic productions of <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>.
  6. Thumbnail of: James Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, delivers a presentation on performance-based strategies for teaching Shakespeare.
  7. Thumbnail of: James Loehlin shows workshop participants how to incorporate performance when teaching Shakespeare.
  8. Thumbnail of: Workshop participants practice a scene from Shakespeare’s <em>Julius Caesar</em> in an exercise led by James Loehlin.
  9. Thumbnail of: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, leads a workshop on strategies for teaching Shakespeare’s plays.
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