As a kid, I saw the Peter Brook production of AMND at Stratford. It bowled me over. I never saw another Shakespeare production so powerful. I was privileged to

As a kid, I saw the Peter Brook production of AMND at Stratford. It bowled me over. I never saw another Shakespeare production so powerful. I was privileged to go to a school that did regular Shakespeare productions (with kids acting all parts, and doing stuff like lighting). The head of English was a good stage director. They did Lear, Henry IV 1&2, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Merchant, 12th Night. I must say, I've never found a screen production of Shakespeare as gripping as these stage productions featuring my own schoolmates. Doing Shakespeare readings in class is absolutely the wrong way to do it. It just kills it; no wonder so many kids these days hate Shakespeare.