ABSTRACT
Drawing on an observation conducted at a UK secondary school, this chapter explores the reception of the RSC’s Schools’ Broadcast of Twelfth Night (2018). It argues that understanding reception is key to understanding the impact and implications of such broadcasts and investigates the multiple levels of control and agency at work in these experiences. The chapter demonstrates that, beyond being an exercise in audience development, broadcasts to schools constitute complex encounters where experiences of Shakespeare are framed and managed not only by the theater company but by teachers, other students, and the interpretative framework of the school.
