Shakespeare Studies MA

Taught jointly between King’s and Shakespeare’s Globe, our unique MA course offers you the opportunity to study the theatrical world of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. You will be able to draw on expertise at both King’s and Shakespeare’s Globe, studying Shakespeare in the context of London’s famous reconstructed early modern theatre located just a stone’s throw from where his plays were originally performed. At the Globe you will learn about early modern playhouses, audiences and performance practices and get access to the Globe and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, while at King’s you will study early modern drama and other literary genres, examining the cultural and historical moment in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries were writing, and learning about the long Shakespearean afterlife

Key benefits

• Unique collaboration between Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Department of English, King's College London. Teaching across the degree is delivered by academics from King’s and Globe Education, complemented by visiting experts.
• Ideal opportunity to study the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in a theatrical context in the heart of London.
• Graduates of the degree have gone on to work in the creative industries, arts administration and publishing.
• The central location of both organisations in the heart of London makes them the perfect place to study Shakespeare and his contemporaries. You will have easy access to the huge number of cultural events which take place across the city, particularly in the city’s thriving theatre scene, and you will also be able to make use of King’s extensive resources and collections.

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