Shakespeare and Theatre MA 12 months Postgraduate Program By University of Birmingham |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 29QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

20,160 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This innovative Shakespeare Institute programme allows you to study the performance history but also the way in which Shakespeare’s plays have been performed through history, up to the modern moment. It encourages a historical approach to interpretation and styles of presentation and it promotes the value of close reading as the basis for evaluating the plays on the page, stage, and screen. You will have the opportunity to look at different productions and adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays in their historical, political, and cultural contexts and to think about the performance choices actors and directors make when approaching Shakespeare’s texts.

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This innovative Shakespeare Institute programme allows you to study the performance history but also the way in which Shakespeare’s plays have been performed through history, up to the modern moment. It encourages a historical approach to interpretation and styles of presentation and it promotes the value of close reading as the basis for evaluating the plays on the page, stage, and screen. You will have the opportunity to look at different productions and adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays in their historical, political, and cultural contexts and to think about the performance choices actors and directors make when approaching Shakespeare’s texts.

Admission Requirements

88+
6.5+
3.2+
176+
59+

1 Year
Jan-2000

Tuition fees

Domestic
9,500 GBP
International
20,160 GBP

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