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EN3D7 Shakespeare: Text and Performance, Now and Then

This module is restricted to English and Theatre Studies Finalists.

SEE BELOW FOR PROPOSED TEACHING TIMES FOR 2023/24 - PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT SHORT NOTICE:
  DAY/TIME
SEMINAR Mon 11:30 - 1:30
SEMINAR Fri 11 - 1
LECTURE Mon 10 - 11

Please go to the Moodle page to find current information about this module.


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Syllabus for 2023-24:

Term 1

Block 1: An introduction to Shakespeare in performance
Week 1: Hamlet
Week 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week 3: Macbeth
Week 4: Titus Andronicus
Week 5: Othello

Block 2: Shakespeare, genre and structure
Week 7: As You Like It
Week 8: Henry IV Part 1
Week 9: Troilus and Cressida
Week 10: Measure for Measure

Term 2

Block 3: Marlowe, Shakespeare, and identity
Week 1: Marlowe and Shakespeare: Edward II and Richard II
Week 2: Marlowe and Shakespeare: The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice
Week 3: The Merchant of Venice (RSC theatre trip)
Week 4: The Comedy of Errors
Week 5: Antony and Cleopatra

Block 4: Shakespeare's late romances
Week 7: Cymbeline
Week 8: Pericles
Week 9: The Winter's Tale
Week 10: The Tempest