Shakespeare's Life, Work, and Characters edX - online learning platform

Overview

Join us for an exploration of Shakespeare! From a biographical history of the playwright and his time to a review of his notable’s “outsider” characters: the disturbing and uncanny “others” whose presence at the margins of society is both celebrated and contested. 

Key Facts

What you will learn during the Shakespeare's Life, Work, and Characters programme in collaboration with Harvard University - HarvardX:

• Foundational knowledge on the cultural significance of Shakespeare’s plays.

• How Shakespeare’s work was considered in his own time and in the present, in his own country and around the world.

• Appreciate Shakespearean dramaturgy and language.

• Identify historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare’s artistic choices.

• Explore the implications of different theatrical and performance interpretations.

From lectures filmed on-location in Venice, London, and Stratford-upon-Avon to conversations with artists, academics, and librarians at Harvard, you will have unprecedented access to a range of resources for unlocking Shakespeare's classic plays. You will also be invited to share your own theatrical interpretations and to consider how the meaning of a work of art changes depending on the time, context, and culture.