"Britain puts on a Shakespeare marathon"

The rest of the title from The Washington Post/Associated Press is "as world arrives for the Olympic Games." Aside from the marathon nature of the celebration, the news article shows how Shakespeare is similar to the Olympics.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 5's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: As You Like It, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, Is Shakespeare still relevant, Shakespeare marathon, Iraq learns from Shakespeare, How Shakespeare Changed Everything, Kentucky inmates turned actors, Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, Texting Makes U Stupid, give the Bard the heave-ho
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  1. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
    Anyone who doubts that accolade for the playwright dead almost 400 years might want to go to the new "Shakespeare: Staging the World" exhibition at the British Museum
  2. valiant
    having or showing heroism or courage
    The book lies open at lines from "Julius Caesar"--"Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once"--signed "N. R. D. Mandela."
  3. range
    be different within limits
    The productions, in more than 40 languages, have ranged from an Iraqi "Romeo and Juliet" to a Russian "Midsummer Night's Dream" and a Brazilian circus "Richard III."
  4. evoke
    call to mind
    The British Museum show, which runs through Nov. 25, combines artifacts from Shakespeare's time--including the only surviving manuscript in the playwright's handwriting--with recorded readings by actors to evoke an era that seems both familiar and alien.
  5. nascent
    being born or beginning
    In Shakespeare's day, London was just beginning to attract people from around the world, emerging as the center of a nascent empire.
  6. parallel
    something analogous to something else
    But the parallels with our own era of migration, globalization and political uncertainty are ever-present.
  7. resonance
    the ability to create understanding or an emotional response
    It rests on some combination of the exuberance of his language and the resonance of the human predicaments he depicts.
  8. influence
    shape or give direction to
    His plays in turn helped create the world view of his audience, and have been influencing audiences around the world ever since.
  9. export
    a commodity sold to a foreign country
    He was genuinely a global figure--perhaps the greatest global export this country has ever produced
  10. ideological
    relating to the characteristic thinking of a group
    Regardless of your political or ideological position, you can find something that speaks directly to you.
Created on Tue Sep 30 11:37:48 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Sep 30 18:23:23 EDT 2014)

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