PMA 2682 Shakespeare on Stage
Course description
This course explores the clues to production embedded in Shakespeare’s plays. The course explores questions of language, staging, setting, costumes and additional elements of physical productions found within the texts themselves. Through readings, papers, video excerpts, and in-class explorations of selected plays, students will arrive at a more thorough understanding of just how Shakespeare’s plays function in the theatre. No previous acting or theatre participation necessary.
Summer 2025: Online course
| Section ID: | PMA 2682 001-LEC |
| Number: | 1399 |
| Session: | Summer 3-week 2 |
| Class dates: | June 23-July 11, 2025 |
| Mode of instruction: | Online (async+sync) |
| Days / times: | M-F 10 AM - 12 PM |
| Final exam/project due: | Friday July 11, 10 AM - 12 PM (see Final exams) |
| Credit: | 3 |
| Grade: | Graded only |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Max. enroll: | 25 |
| Notes: | Outside of daily lectures, students will have readings related to how Shakespeare is produced in embodied forms, viewings of Shakespeare enacted on film & stage, prompts for staging segments from Shakespeare's plays (both individually, and via online formats as small teams), and written responses to staging Shakespeare examples. |
| To enroll: | See Dates & Deadlines. See Online Learning FAQs. This course is open to all registrants, including undergraduates and precollege students. |
| Tuition & fees: | See Tuition for Online Courses |
Student experiences
"The professor was inspiring, very, very brilliant, made the classroom as engaging and lively as possible, and gave me the absolute best experience."
"I learned not only how to organize a stage and how to direct a play but also a totally new way to approach and analyze a text."