Shakespeare on Playaway

Looking for a fun way to help some students with required Shakespeare reading? Try Shakespeare on Playaway! Our Playaway Shakespeare titles are all full-cast recordings from SmartPass, the award-winning audio company that makes our SmartPass Guides to Shakespeare. We’re sure the Bard himself would approve! Our Shakespeare titles on Playaway include:
~ King Lear • Romeo [...]

Shakespeare on Audio

One teacher’s reaction to SmartPass Audio Guides to Shakespeare:
“I love the Smartpass stuff. The characters read more slowly than the commentator, which was really good. And the woman who does the comments has a perfect voice – very British, but casual and humorous. We used several of the project pieces (from the CD-ROM) and they [...]

Teachers loved Phil Viner at NCTE!

SmartPass creator Phil Viner spoke with teachers at the recent National Conference of Teachers of English and got a great response! Teachers were impressed by the professional quality of the SmartPass recordings and the analysis included in the SmartPass guides, which is compiled by experienced teachers, historians, and dramatists.
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Teaching Shakespeare with SmartPass

The award-winning SmartPass Audio Guides to Shakespeare are exclusively available from Recorded Books. SmartPass creator Phil Viner recently sat with us to discuss the benefits of using audio to teach Shakespeare, and how SmartPass Guides can help engage students in the study of Shakespeare.
Also, check out SmartPass’s home on the web, where you can listen [...]