William Shakespeare: Mystery of the Immorta1 Master The story of Shakespeare is more baffling and intriguing today than ever before, and his genius continues to be renowned the world over. The ghost of the bard appears and speaks! Two players relate the few known facts about the master playwright and poet. Aspects of his character are described, and speculations by scholars as to the mystery of his life are recalled. Two famous sonnets are recited, and narrations from A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Hamlet, Henry V and Twelfth Night are enhanced with exhibits. Grade 7 through adult	CLASSROOM CLASSICS! NewWorks Theatre's NewWorks outreach series is booked by scores of teachers each school year. vAll presentations are based on the California State Framework. vThese original plays are available to all schools. v GATE teachers will find CLASSROOM CLASSICS in both City and County Catalogues. It’s easy to arrange for a performance in your classroom. FEES $ 200 ‑ Max. 40 students $185 ‑ 2nd show, same day, same site. $350 ‑ Assemblies. A nonprofit corporation, NewWorks Theatre is dedicated to service. Fees are negotiable for limited budgets. Reservations (858) 454-2659	Edgar Allan Poe Master of Mystery As part of a routine case study at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Dr. R Michael Benitez was assigned the case of E.A.P., a 39‑year‑old writer. Initially thrown by the lack of modern lab data, he soon guessed his patient's identity: Edgar Allen Poe. More startling was his diagnosis of E.A.P.'s cause of death‑rabies. Reporting in The Maryland Medical Journal, Benitez rules out an alcohol‑linked illness for Poe, who had abstained from booze for six months. “He was a great lover of cats," Benitez adds, "at a time when there was no rabies vaccination.” When Poe was found comatose outside a Baltimore saloon and died four days later, most tagged him the victim a drunken binge. Quoth the doctors: Nevermore. Grade 6 through adult
Antigone: A Classic Case of Defiance! As directed by the State Framework, teachers of language arts must guide students to the best that human beings have thought, written and spoken. Antigone is Sophocles' classic work with a great theme that young people can understand and appreciate This production offers students the opportunity to learn about Greek mythology and to develop critical skills by examining, in discussion, the universal problems of open defiance against authority Performed by two actors using costumes, masks and music. A truly unusual show! Teacher preparatory study guide available on request. Grade 7 through adult	All About Aesop and His Fabulous Fables This is the fascinating story of Aesop, who lived more than two thousand years ago and wrote some of the world's most famous fables. Playing various roles, acting dramatic scenes from Aesop's most noted moral tales, actors recall dramatic scenes from the remarkable life of the fabulist, from slavery to renowned storyteller. Students are involved in the presentation. This is Classroom Classics' most amusing and popular program. Actors will remain to answer questions about Aesop and his tales. Grades K through 8 CLASSROOM CLASSICS is one of the most popular outreach events supplied to San Diego schools, booking as many as a hundred performances during each school year.	Sacagawea: Daughter of the Shoshones Across the West, the legend of Sacagawea and her role in the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804‑1806) has lived through history. Born in 1789 in what today is Idaho, this Shashone woman was enslaved by Hidatsa and Minnetare tribes when she was five years old. It is unlikely that Lewis and Clark would have succeeded in their epic journey without Sacagawea’s knowledge of the northwest and its inhabitants. As dramatized in this one‑actress presentation, Sacagawea's story reveals the sorrows, struggles, cruel choices that other women would come to suffer through the historical era marking the opening of t west. Teacher preparatory study guide is available request. Grade 3 through adult
Harriet Tubman: American Slave, Borne to Freedom on the Underground Railroad By Ellie Stein Called Moses by the hundreds of slaves she led from bondage, Harriet Tubman is a truly fascinating, historical figure. During the Civil War, she worked as a spy for the Union Army, was nurse to hundreds of wounded men and, despite her illiteracy, she became an articulate orator of African American history. Grades 4 through adult.	YOUR LITERARY REQUIREMENT As a classroom teacher endeavoring to embrace the main features of an English Language Arts Curriculum who is diligently observing the current plan to improve the reading ability of your students, you may be interested to learn that CLASSROOM CIASSICS offers help by— *** Supplying you with a manual of material of ideas for each CIASSROOM CIASSICS program that suggest new ways to enliven the subject under study– ***A PRE‑TEST of twenty T/F questions based on the subject matter dramatized in each CIASSROOM program, performed by professional actors who provide a powerful 40‑minute, long remembered experience in your classroom for your students, and– ***POST‑TEST of the same twenty questions (multiple choice) to be compared with your pre‑test results of the learning progress of your students.	Frederick Douglass: An American Slave By Ellie Stein Born in 1818 on a slave plantation in Maryland, Frederick Douglass never knew his mother, a field worker, who was forced to turn her newborn son over to the care of his grandmother. Returned to his master at age 10, he found himself in bondage, subjected to abuse and hunger. He became determined to become a free man. Douglass' escape to New York at age 20 is a harrowing tale of a young man's journey into freedom. Now he was a fugitive, always in fear for his life, but his extraordinary gift of oratory enabled him to speak freely against slavery before audiences in all parts of America and Europe. Frederick Douglass was a “man among men," leaving behind a legacy of human rights and racial equality that still influences the course of history today. Grades 4 through adult.