The Hobart Shakespeareans

The Hobart Shakespeareans of Hobart Boulevard Elementary School is a 2007 documentary film that tells the story of the inspirational inner-city Los Angeles school teacher Rafe Esquith whose rigorous fifth-grade curriculum includes English, mathematics, geography, and literature. The pinnacle of student achievement each year is the performance of a play by William Shakespeare.

The Hobart Shakespeareans drew the attention of renowned Shakespearean actors Ian McKellen and Michael York, who pay a visit to the class to watch their performance of Hamlet. Delighted with the students, York calls the Hobart Shakespeareans "one of the great Shakespeare troupes" in Los Angeles.

Rafe and the Hobart Shakespeareans work hard every year to achieve a beautiful shakespeare play. The recent one they have done were As You Like It and Merchant of Venice.