YMB #21 Why Shakespeare? A Conversation with Ken Ludwig

Homeschool Better Together

Emily Brown

Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family

4.8 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Shakespeare. Whatever feelings you have about the Bard, we can all agree that he was the most influential English writer in history. But why should I bother with Shakespearean language for my littles in Morning Time?

Won't there be plenty of time for that when they are older? More importantly how would I introduce such a daunting mass of literature? What if I don't know much Shakespeare myself? What if I don't even think I like Shakespeare?

Ken Ludwig is a playwright and father who has an infectious love of Shakespeare. He began sharing his love with his children at a very young age. Recently he published How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare, a book detailing this surprisingly simple way to teach the Bard's great works to our children.

Come and enjoy as Ken tells us why and how we should teach Shakespeare, as well as how we can handle the harder concepts. Most importantly, Ken encourages us to push past our fear and enjoy Shakespeare in our Morning Times.

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0:00.0	This is Your Morning Basket, where we help you bring truth, goodness, and beauty to your
0:11.4	homeschool day.
0:17.9	Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 21 of the Your Morning Basket podcast. I'm Pam Barnhill,
0:24.6	your host, and I am so happy that you are joining me here today. Well, to say that Ken Ludwig's
0:29.7	excitement for Shakespeare is infectious is a bit of an understatement. It's kind of hard to talk to
0:35.7	Ken about Shakespeare and not get a little bit excited yourself, which is certainly what I did today. It's kind of hard to talk to Ken about Shakespeare and not get a little bit
0:38.2	excited yourself, which is certainly what I did today. It was a really fun conversation that we had.
0:45.0	So we talk about Ken's book, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. We dig into the method
0:49.6	that he developed to teach his own children and that you can use to teach yours. And then also we dug a
0:56.3	little bit deeper into the why it's important to teach Shakespeare, how to handle some of those
1:01.6	more difficult parts, and is there any virtue to be found to hold up to our children in the
1:08.2	Bard's plays? And I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised with
1:12.1	everything that Ken had to share with us. It's a wonderful interview, so sit back and enjoy.
1:24.9	Ken Ludwig is an internationally acclaimed playwright, a Shakespeare aficionado, and the author of the book How to Teach Your Children's Shakespeare.
1:34.0	He holds degrees from Harvard, Haverford College, and Cambridge. Ken has written 22 plays and musicals,
1:40.5	and has had six shows on Broadway and seven in London's West End. His work has won numerous
1:46.3	prestigious awards, including two Tonys and two Lawrence Olivier Awards, which is England's
1:51.5	highest theater honor. His plays have been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the
1:56.5	Bristol Old Vic. In How to Teach Your Children children Shakespeare, Ken draws from his experience of introducing
2:02.1	his own two children to the bard through memorizing passages and talking about characters
2:07.2	and storylines. He joins us on the podcast today to discuss why Shakespeare should have a place
2:13.5	in morning time. Ken, welcome to the program. Well, thank you very much. I'm thrilled to be here.
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