How to Read and Understand Shakespeare

How to Read and Understand Shakespeare

Series from 2013

Series from 2013

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Genres: Special Interest

Shakespeare's plays are masterworks, but they can be hard to understand for a modern English speaker.

Gain direct insight into Shakespeare's writing in this deep dive which explains how to enter Shakespeare's world, how to grasp what's happening in his plays, and how to enjoy each play on both the page and the stage.

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Approaching Shakespeare-The Scene Begins

Shakespeare's Theater and Stagecraft

A Midsummer Night's Dream-Comic Tools

A Midsummer Night's Dream-Comic Structure

Romeo and Juliet-Words, Words, Words

Romeo and Juliet-The Tools of Tragedy

Appearance versus Reality in Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night-More Comic Tools

Richard II-History and Kingship

Politics as Theater in Henry IV, Part I

Henry IV, Part 2-Contrast and Complexity

The Drama of Ideas in Henry V

Macbeth: Foul and Fair

The Tragic Woman in Macbeth

Staging Hamlet

The Religious Drama of Hamlet

The Women of Hamlet

The Merchant of Venice-Comedy or Tragedy?

The Arc of Character in The Merchant of Venice

Measure for Measure-Is This Comedy?

Measure for Measure-Overcoming Tragedy

Tools of Romance in The Tempest

The Tempest-Shakespeare's Farewell to Art

The Tools for a Lifetime of Shakespeare