§ No formal academic qualifications are necessary and nor is any prior practical study or experience of Shakespeare but some proven practical theatre experience at professional, amateur, undergraduate or graduate level is required.

§ Applicants must be over 18 years of age by the time they begin the Summer School.

§ All applicants whose first language is not English are required to show that their ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English is sufficiently high for them to derive full benefit from this course. See the University's guidelines for prospective students (Arts Faculty undergraduate level).

The deadline for enrolment is two weeks before the beginning of the course.