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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

From an educator in Jamaica:
Thank you Richard. You and your company are an inspiration to me. I am simply in awe that you could write such interactive and enjoyable scripts. I haven't exactly decided when my next play will be, but this much I do know - there WILL be a next play Thank you for spreading the light of Shakespeare. Please know that it now burns in Kingston, Jamaica!
-- Angel Beswick, Kingston, Jamaica (read more)

From a parent/educator, November 2007:
Mr. Carter, My son Michael's home school group has done two of your plays. The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew. They really enjoyed them! Our next production will be Midsummer Nights Dream. I wonder if you would mind telling me what script you used for the children?
P.S. If you want to see pictures of our productions, just go to my blog below. In the photo albums, you'll see the pictures. Our latest was the Taming of the Shrew. The set turned out beautifully! I can't tell you enough, how much your shakespeare interpretations have helped my children understand shakespeare. They really GET it. Its a beautiful thing to see.
Thanks! Shirley G Byrd, http://byrdacademy.typepad.com

"To see their eyes light up when they "get" the lines is awesome."
-- Adrienne Blignaut, teacher, South Africa (read more)

Thank you Richard!
I want to let you know what a blessing your adaptations have been to our homeschool group. I know that one of my moms, Shirley Byrd, let you know about our productions here in Acworth, Georgia. Thanks to you, many of my kids' first theatrical production was a Shakespeare play. I am currently the managing director of Theatre On Main in Acworth and am working to include more children's and adult Shakespeare into our seasons. I just finished directing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and thanks to our studies, many of my students knew a great deal about the plays.
... Your work is helping spread the joys of Shakespeare all over around here!
Thank you again,
Carolyn Choe
PS. You can view pictures of our production of The Taming of The Shrew. BTW...the adults are jealous of our shows! LOL

As for the Shrew, we had a great time with it and actually the kids, in three groups have chosen three scenes and adapted them for a smaller number of people, for example combining Tranio's lines with Licentio's etc. This made the kids really think about the meaning and the blocking behind their scene. They directed the scenes as well. ... Your script was wonderful though and I couldn't have studied the Shrew without it. ...
-- Colin Duff, Kyoto International School, Kyoto Japan
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"[AS YOU LIKE IT] I do like it very much, and believe it is exactly what is needed to introduce Shakespeare to children. You found the language that can make the play funny to youngsters, but it also captures the lilt and flow of the words which will stay with them as they grow up."
-- M. E. Comtois - Director of the School of Drama, Emeritus, University of Washington

I am not the only former English teacher who struggled to get students to understand and appreciate the works of Shakespeare. If the adaptations that Richard Carter has written had been available, my students would have had both a better understanding of the plays and a much better time reading and acting these great works.
-- Richard Weatherford, Founder, Alibris
     
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