J A. Taylor performs Shakespearean plays L "The play's the thing," the Bard j himself proclaimed, and at J.A. Taylor Elementary four plays were the things that recently kept sixth graders busy. Each class chose one of Shakespeare's plays to present: Mr. Price's class performed "MacBeth," Mr. Varnhille's class performed "Julius Caesar," Mrs. Roy's class performed "Romeo and Juliet," and Mrs. Bryan's class performed per-formed "A Midsummer Night's Dream. ' ' The plays were presented to the student body and parents. The objective of this unit of study was to give the students a positive exposure to Shakespeare and the period of time in which he lived. Barbara Roy, a teacher at Taylor, said that there was a special electricity elec-tricity in the air as the students came bedecked in their costumes. and with butterflies in their stomachs. Some of the student comments were: "I thought that 'Romeo and Juliet' was awesome! ' ' ' "My least favorite part was doing do-ing the last performance. I never wanted our play to end. It was great!" "I really enjoyed our study of the Renaissance. I had lots of fun in my juggling class. My favorite play was 'Romeo and Juliet.' " "The experience of working with Shakespeare's literature was both educational and enjoyable," stated Mrs. Roy. "Our experiences could best be described in the words of Celia in 'As You Like It,' when she said, 'O, wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful, wonderful.' " 4 gr . " 1 ? J' s J ' fa k '' I i 1 - 1 I v J lit J J - I ' , " - " ' I r f - - J.A. Taylor Elementary School students Cherie Julander and Emily Astill participated in the production of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The plays of Bard were presented by the students and parents.