Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
6 courses, 66 lectures12:22:30
English Literature
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
In this course, Professor John Roe (University of York) explores Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We begin in the first module by thinking about the history of the story of Romeo and Juliet and the sources that Shakespeare may...
8 lectures
1:41:31
Prof. John Roe
York University
English Literature
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
In this course, Professor Helen Smith (University of York) explores Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the first module, we imagine a trip to the theatre in the late 16th century, thinking about the literary, historical and...
5 lectures
0:56:26
Prof. Helen Smith
York University
English Literature
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
In this course, we explore several aspects of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, thinking in particular about the play in performance. In the first module, we think about how Shakespeare manipulates, fuses, and pays with genre,...
5 lectures
0:51:53
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
English Literature
Shakespeare on Stage
In this course, Professor Tiffany Stern (University of Oxford) explores how Shakespeare was originally rehearsed, acted and watched, and how this might change our understand of some of his plays. In the first module, we think...
6 lectures
0:52:19
Prof. Tiffany Stern
Royal Holloway, London
English Literature
Love Through the Ages
This course explores the theme of love from the earliest English literature to the present day – from authors that you have likely heard of, such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron and Keats, to authors that are perhaps less...
22 lectures
3:05:28
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
English Literature
Classics & Ancient History
Tragedy: A Complete History
In this course, Professor John Lennard explores the history of tragedy from its origins in ancient Athens to the present day. In the first three modules, we think about the tragedy of Classical Athens, looking in particular at...
20 lectures
4:54:53
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar