Do you like Shakespeare?

The problem with Shakespeare is that we teach it so poorly. A script, however beautifully written, is not a play any more than a blueprint is a house. Shakespeare was meant to be performed by actors sen by an audience. THEN you can go back and read it, learning to find its rhythms and structure.

I love, love, LOVE Shakespeare, both on the page and on the stage but the appreciation for the language came well after falling in love with the experience of seeing the plays.
This is the answer. Take HS kids to a play, then give them the script. Just reading it leaves too many lost in the language.