Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
This playlist brings together seven courses on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The first four look at Romeo and Juliet directly, while the other three provide historical, literary and cultural context.
What this playlist includes:
99 lectures across 7 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Self-marking quizzes for all lectures, as well as an end-of-topic quiz.
Reading lists, essay questions and extension activities.
Courses and Lectures
1. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
Nottingham University
1.1. Introduction: Love, Sex and Power – 06:49
1.2. Introduction: Equal and Opposite Forces – 04:51
1.3. Introduction: The Prologue – 06:35
1.4. Introduction: Tragedy or Triumph? – 08:58
1.5. Introduction: Popularity and Parody – 04:06
1.6. Act 1, Scene 1: "Have at thee, coward." – 12:04
1.7. Act 1, Scene 1: “Who set this ancient quarrel n... – 11:13
1.8. Act 1, Scene 1: “O brawling love, O loving hate” – 09:54
1.9. Act 1, Scene 2: “Woo her, gentle Paris, get her... – 10:41
1.10. Act 1, Scene 3: "How stands your disposition to... – 06:26
1.11. Act 1, Scene 4: "I see Queen Mab hath been with... – 11:51
1.12. Act 1, Scene 5: "I ne’er saw true beauty till t... – 08:02
1.13. Act 1, Scene 5: “You kiss by th’ book” – 06:27
1.14. Act 2, Prologue: "Now Romeo is beloved and love... – 01:44
1.15. Act 2, Scene 1: "The ape is dead and I must con... – 03:38
1.16. Act 2, Scene 2: "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" – 14:06
1.17. Act 2, Scene 3: "Thou consent to marry us today." – 07:20
1.18. Act 2, Scene 4: "My young lady bid me enquire y... – 11:35
1.19. Act 2, Scene 5: "I pray thee, speak, good, good... – 02:24
1.20. Act 2, Scene 6: "Love moderately" – 01:43
1.21. Act 3, Scene 1: "A plague a' both your houses!" – 10:03
1.22. Act 3, Scene 2: "Tybalt is gone and Romeo banis... – 05:53
1.23. Act 3, Scene 3: "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, s... – 06:53
1.24. Act 3, Scene 4: "Tell her, she shall be married... – 02:14
1.25. Act 3, Scene 5: "Out, you green-sickness carrion!" – 08:47
1.26. Act 4, Scene 1: “Thou wilt undertake a thing li... – 06:30
1.27. Act 4, Scene 2: "Not stepping o'er the bounds o... – 01:23
1.28. Act 4, Scene 3: "Romeo, here's drink. I drink t... – 02:20
1.29. Act 4, Scene 4: "The County will be here with m... – 00:58
1.30. Act 4, Scene 5: "There she lies, flower as she ... – 03:56
1.31. Act 5, Scene 1: "Juliet, I will lie with thee t... – 04:42
1.32. Act 5, Scene 2: "I could not send it – here it ... – 04:06
1.33. Act 5, Scene 3: "Thus with a kiss I die" – 14:48
2. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Prof. John Roe
York University
York University
2.1. Sources and Inspiration – 12:07
2.2. Petrarchan Love – 11:22
2.3. The Balcony Scene – 11:41
2.4. Swordsmanship – 11:37
2.5. Mercutio – 15:54
2.6. Nurse and Friar – 11:14
2.7. Lord Capulet – 10:31
2.8. The Tomb – 17:05
3. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Prof. Helen Smith
York University
York University
3.1. A Trip to the Theatre – 07:57
3.2. Love – 11:10
3.3. Books and Bookishness – 10:35
3.4. Rhetoric and Stagecraft – 10:26
3.5. Critical Reception – 16:18
4. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
Independent Scholar
4.1. Three Acts of Comedy, Two of Tragedy – 10:13
4.2. Queen Mab – 09:27
4.3. Three Women – 12:33
4.4. The Mock Death – 07:31
4.5. Audiences and Adaptations – 12:09
5. Shakespeare on Stage
Prof. Tiffany Stern
Royal Holloway, London
Royal Holloway, London
5.1. Parts and Rehearsals – 11:24
5.2. Parts of the Theatre – 05:33
5.3. Props – 07:15
5.4. Shakespeare's Theatres – 10:28
5.5. Shakespeare's Actors – 06:21
5.6. Time in Shakespeare – 11:18
6. Love Through the Ages
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
Nottingham University
6.1. The Beginnings of Love: Religious Love – 06:06
6.2. Popular Love: The Ballad, Troilus & Criseyde, a... – 08:22
6.3. Women’s Voices: Margery Kempe, the Wife of Bath... – 08:21
6.4. Chaucer: The Miller’s Tale – 02:38
6.5. From Medieval to Early Modern: Dunbar, Henryson... – 08:01
6.6. The English Renaissance: Sir Thomas Wyatt and E... – 07:13
6.7. Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet and Love’s Labour’s... – 09:54
6.8. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream – 09:19
6.9. Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew – 04:15
6.10. Marlowe: Edward II – 03:02
6.11. Shakespeare: Key Themes and Ideas – 11:27
6.12. Shakespeare: Sonnets 29 and 144 – 05:41
6.13. The Metaphysical Poets – 07:49
6.14. The Restoration and the 18th Century: The Earl ... – 07:42
6.15. The Romantic Period – 16:02
6.16. Keats: La Belle Dame Sans Merci – 06:35
6.17. The Victorian Novel – 11:58
6.18. Victorian Poetry – 19:06
6.19. Modernism – 15:16
6.20. Gay Love: A. E. Housman and W. H. Auden – 06:49
6.21. Philip Larkin – 04:04
6.22. Modern Love: Carol Ann Duffy and Edwin Morgan – 05:48
7. Tragedy: A Complete History
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
Independent Scholar
7.1. Greeks 1: Stage, Function, Chorus, Masks – 11:00
7.2. Greeks 2: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides – 17:41
7.3. Greeks 3: Aristotle and Later Theory – 18:51
7.4. Romans: Seneca and the Circus Maximus – 15:27
7.5. Tragedy and God in the Middle Ages – 11:31
7.6. The Renaissance 1: The Jacobithine Theatre and ... – 15:09
7.7. The Renaissance 2: Shakespeare – 12:26
7.8. Renaissance 3: Besides Shakespeare: Marlowe, We... – 14:03
7.9. Restoration Tragedy and the Proscenium Arch – 13:19
7.10. Romanticism and Tragedy – 10:43
7.11. Tragedy and Technology 1: The Novel – 14:47
7.12. Tragedy and Technology 2: The Camera – 12:23
7.13. Ibsen and Naturalism – 13:08
7.14. Tragedy and Technology 3: Warfare, Poetry and M... – 14:16
7.15. Modernist Tragedy 1: Brecht and Faulkner – 16:57
7.16. Tragedy and the Sho'ah – 18:04
7.17. Modernist Tragedy 2: Lorca and Beckett – 14:32
7.18. Tragedy and Technology 4: Film – 18:05
7.19. Tragedy in Non-Western Cultures: Khushwant Sing... – 16:15
7.20. Tragedy Today – 16:16
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