This module is restricted to English and Theatre Studies Finalists. If you are looking for information about the module EN2L6/EN3L2 Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time, please see these webpages instead.

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Syllabus for 2024-25:

Term 1

Block 1: Tragedies
Week 1: Introductory session
Week 2: Hamlet
Week 3: Othello
Week 4: King Lear
Week 5: The Revenger's Tragedy (anon)

Block 2: Histories and Roman plays
Week 7: Edward II (Marlowe)
Week 8: Richard II
Week 9: Antony and Cleopatra
Week 10: Coriolanus

Term 2

Block 3: Comedies
Week 1: Galatea (Lyly)
Week 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Week 3: Much Ado About Nothing
Week 4: All's Well that Ends Well
Week 5: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Middleton)

Block 4: 'Problem' plays and late romances
Week 7: Troilus and Cressida
Week 8: Measure for Measure
Week 9: The Winter's Tale
Week 10: The Tempest