(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Titus comes back a hero. Like, full parade, medals, cheers — war won, hometown proud. He’s the kind of dad who’s all about honour and old-school rules. The city makes him feel like the main character. He sacrifices a captured prince because that’s what … Continue reading “Titus: The Ultimate Clapback (no chill)” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
“Doppelgangers & Drama” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Okay, listen — imagine a city where everyone suddenly thinks you’re someone else, and none of the rules about “personal space” apply. That’s the vibe. Two families. Two sets of twins. One city. Total chaos. Years ago, a man named Egeon got … Continue reading “Doppelgangers & Drama” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
“Crooked Crown: The Ultimate Royal Backstab” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Richard III by William Shakespeare So here’s the vibe: the war is finally over. The long, messy family fight known as the Wars of the Roses is done, and the York family is on top. Peace, right? Everyone should be chilling. Except one guy. Richard. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, … Continue reading “Crooked Crown: The Ultimate Royal Backstab” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
“Crown Swipe: Royal Clout” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare Alright — picture England as a giant group chat that exploded. The main thread? Who gets the crown. No one can agree. King Henry’s inbox is full of SOS messages but he’s checked out: kind, dreamy, zero vibes for politics. His queen, … Continue reading “Crown Swipe: Royal Clout” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
“Crown Crashers — when the kingdom goes viral” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare Okay, picture this: a kingdom that used to be the main character in everyone’s group chat has turned into a chaotic group DM where nobody can agree on anything. The king — Henry — is exhausted, spaced out, and honestly kind of … Continue reading “Crown Crashers — when the kingdom goes viral” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
The Adaptable Educator’s (TAE’s) Book Review – Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is one of the sharpest social comedies ever written about class, language, and the performance of identity. Beneath its wit and theatrical sparkle lies a deeply serious investigation into what society hears when it listens to a person speak. Shaw turns phonetics into drama, and social prejudice into a kind of … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s (TAE’s) Book Review – Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
“Crown Crashers: Baby King, Battle Clips & the Joan Fiasco” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.'s LitBites) - A modern retelling of Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare Okay, listen — history’s a chaotic group chat and the main thread here is: England won big under Henry V, then things spiralled. Henry V dies, leaving a baby — literally an infant king, Henry VI — and suddenly the crown … Continue reading “Crown Crashers: Baby King, Battle Clips & the Joan Fiasco” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Cymbeline by Shakespeare
Cymlbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most fascinating late plays because it refuses to behave like any one thing for very long. It begins in the register of political drama, slides into domestic intrigue, mutates into romance, and finally arrives at a kind of miraculous reconciliation that can feel both deeply moving and slightly unbelievable. That … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Cymbeline by Shakespeare
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Timon of Athens by Shakespeare
Timon of Athens is one of this playwright’s most unsettling experiments: a play about generosity that curdles into misanthropy, a tragedy in which money is not merely a practical concern but the force that reorganizes affection, language, and identity itself. It is also a drama of glaring imbalance. The first half glitters with social performance … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Timon of Athens by Shakespeare
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Coriolanus by Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is one of his bleakest political tragedies: a play that strips public life down to appetite, humiliation, and force. Unlike the more expansive moral worlds of Hamlet or King Lear, this drama is severe, almost stark in its anatomy of civic life. It asks a brutal question: what happens when a warrior trained … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Coriolanus by Shakespeare
The New Renaissance Mindset 