The Shakespeare Study Course is offered in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the charity which cares for the world’s Shakespeare heritage and promotes the knowledge and appreciation of the Bard’s work.

The programme gives those teaching or studying Shakespeare the opportunity to immerse themselves in a week of Shakespeare’s plays, lectures, discussions, and workshops devised and delivered by Shakespearean experts in Stratford-upon-Avon. The emphasis is on enjoying Shakespeare’s work, as well as engaging with it from academic and theatrical points of view.

Drawing on the unique resources available at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the week-long course provides the participants with insight into the life of Shakespeare, having an opportunity to explore the places he lived and worked. The course offers an academic programme of pre-performance lectures and post-performance discussions led by scholars of Shakespeare.

The course is enhanced by classes with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company (including actors and voice coaches) and bring Shakespeare as ‘text' and Shakespeare as ‘theatre' together. 

Delegates are able to explore deeper interpretations of Shakespeare, attend performances including Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream and The Homecoming, discuss theatre with the actors and enjoy workshops that approach Shakespeare in a dynamic and exciting way.

Applicants should be teaching or studying (at post-graduate level) English literature, theatre or Shakespeare or have an otherwise demonstrable interest (i.e. theatre practitioner).

Applicants should be UK teachers or post graduate students.

Please do not apply if you are unable to commit to the full term of the course.

Summer Seminar Brochure

View the summer seminar brochure here or right click to download