On the 6th November 2013 the whole of year 9 went on a trip to the Marlowe Theatre to watch a Shakespeare production of The Merchant of Venice. The play was very interesting and the language was well spoken. Although the stage was small they used the space very well and made it look bigger. Also the special effects like the blood and fake eye being pulled out looked very realsitic! In the play the actors were all men to coincide with the Shakespeare theme, as women weren’t allowed to act in shakespearean times. We had been analyzing the play in our English lessons learning about the language and the history in those days
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