Introduction to Shakespeare - Course Introduction

          
Shakespeare: a playwright by any other name would not be so frequently assigned.

His lines are infamous, his characters legendary, and his plays the 16th-century version of The Hunger Games meets Gossip Girl. They have love, hate, warfare, and of course, comedy. Where would we be without a few laughs now and then to get us through the heartbreak of Romeo and Juliet?

In this course, we'll go behind the scenes to see what a Shakespeare production would have looked like when they were originally written and performed. We'll get the scoop on how characters were cast, how fight scenes were choreographed, and which plays audiences liked best. But we won't leave you hanging there. We'll also discuss major themes in the plays and talk about what Shakespeare's audience would have thought of these feisty characters.

This course will be your all access pass to all the secrets from the Shakespeare movie set. Lights! Camera! Action!

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