Shakespeare wrote for everyone--for the young and for the old, for commoners like us, for kings and queens.  He inspired laughter and tears, swoons, and sighs of recognition.  His audiences loved his plays--and when they didn't, they shouted and threw rotten fruit.  Don't listen to naysayers who tell you Shakespeare is too hard or too daunting for children.  Children love to perform and they embrace absurd plot lines and archaic language better than we adults do.  Performing Shakespeare with children is fun.  Find out for yourself.

    Elizabeth Weinstein lives with her husband and two children in Tully, New York, where she first developed and wrote these scripts for local elementary school productions. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from Carleton College and a master’s degree in English from the University of Minnesota, and writes both fiction and nonfiction.