ESU National Shakespeare Competition
Since
1983, approximately 200,000 students from public, independent
and parochial high schools have explored the beauty and scope
of Shakespeare's language through the National Shakespeare Competition.
Annually, 16,000 students and 2,000 teachers from 60 ESU Branches
participate in a curriculum-based program designed to help high
school students develop their communications skills and appreciation
of
language and literature, through the study, interpretation and
performance of Shakespeare’s monologues and sonnets. Students
participate in three qualifying
stages at the school,
Branch and national levels. The National Competition winner is awarded a full tuition scholarship to the British American Drama Academy’s Midsummer Conservatory Program in Oxford, England.
Over the years, the program has been recognized by The Shakespeare
Globe Centre (USA), the Children’s Theatre Foundation of
America, and the American Academy of Achievement, and has had many
distinguished
judges.
2009 Competition Information
Highlights from 2008
Highlights from 2007
Highlights from 2006
Highlights from 2005
Highlights
from 2004
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