Shakespeare Studies

Taught in collaboration with Globe Education, Shakespeare’s Globe. Advanced critical and textual study of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries through this unique collaboration. Optional modules cover Jacobean theatre and culture, Shakespeare on film, global Shakespeare; plus training in methodologies and editing. Destinations: PhD and academic work, theatre and the arts, arts administration, publishing.

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• Unique collaboration between Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Department of English, King's College London.
• Ideal opportunity to study the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in a theatrical context in the heart of London.
• Graduates of the degree have gone on to study for the PhD both at King's and at other major universities both in the UK and the US or to work in the creative industries, arts administration and publishing.
  
  

PURPOSEAdvanced study of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in the context of the facilities and opportunities provided by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and by King's. To provide a thorough knowledge of early modern drama, particularly Shakespearean drama, in its material and institutional contexts. Ideal grounding for further academic work and for work in the arts, theatre, education, publishing, etc.

DESCRIPTIONThe degree is offered jointly by King's and Globe Education. You will take a compulsory module at Shakespeare's Globe, 'Renaissance Playhouse Practice', which includes workshops on the Globe stage and formal seminars; a critical methodologies module ('Working with Early Modern Literary Texts') at King's, which includes training in palaeography and bibliography; and two optional modules at King's which you may choose from the list provided (see examples below).

You will also write a dissertation between May and September, supervised either at King's or at the Globe, depending on the chosen subject.

See http://www.shakespeare.kcl.ac.uk/ma-shakespeare.html for further details of this unique programme.