The 12 plays of Shakespeare Out Loud average 69% of the Folio originals.
They are vacuumed of archaic and repetitive language, lineated as thoughts and carefully noted.
They are not dumbed-down translations, but condensed originals, as one might hope to find on professional stages.

WHAT CHAT GPT TELLS ME
WHAT I DID AND WHY

The truth is you need some courage and creativity to teach Shakespeare Out Loud well. Your success is measured not by essays submitted, but by the oral performances of your students. You need to coach these from them as a stage director might. You need to read the play thoroughly, cast well, schedule nimbly, listen intently, ask probing questions, articulate preceptively, while encouraging your students to improve their performances through practice and refinement.

I have included a rather lengthy page/recording for teachers. Think of it as OUT LOUD SCHOOL.