Winner of the 2007 Association of Educational Publishers Award for Best Professional Development Book. and "At the heart of the book is the deeply held conviction that Shakespeare belongs to us all and that possessing that treasure can be play and not work. That is when we learn best. This book should be compulsory reading for all students of Shakespeare. and " DAME JUDI DENCH ShakesFear and How to Cure It is a book for teachers of Shakespeare at every level of experience. For beginning teachers the book provides a comprehensive guide to the pleasures of teaching Shakespeare and a step-by-step handbook for tackling twenty-two of the plays. For experienced teachers who are looking for new ways of getting their students excited about a topic so many of them fear, the book is an easy to access resource to a multitude of ideas and activities for the classroom. Casual readers will find a treasury of ideas about Shakespeare's plays and an infectious love of the subject by a renowned teacher and veteran director of the plays.