Yesterday I had my first Shakespeare class, which was
great! My professor, Paul, teaches
University level at St. Catherine’s College and is just oh so passionate about
Shakespeare (he’s also very witty and funny and has a fantastic accent). I think this class will be a lot of work
given the fact that I have to read an entire play by Thursday! We’re first reading Titus Andronicus, which I
am very excited for because it is a Shakespeare play that I have never read or
seen preformed before, I also hear it’s very gory which should be fun for me
too. In addition to reading the plays,
seeing the plays, writing about the plays/performances and discussing the
plays/performances, Paul encouraged us to watch some productions of Shakespeare
on DVD- so I essentially get to watch movies for homework, not bad Cambridge,
not bad at all!
We’ll be seeing Titus performed first next week in Stratford
Upon Avon, then Hamlet and finally Macbeth.
I’m looking forward to seeing Hamlet because we get to see it in the
Globe Theatre in London! Also, Paul told
us that our predecessors of this program got to see David Tennant as Hamlet
about four years ago… I am so jealous of them!
Not only is he an amazing actor and my personal favorite Doctor but they
were also one step closer to achieving my dream of fluffing David Tennant’s
magnificent hair. But, alas, he is not
in this year’s performance, which I’m sure will be excellent anyway.
In addition to all these plays I get to go see (for free, I
might add!) Cambridge also hosts a Shakespeare summer festival. Throughout the summer at various locations
around Cambridge, different Shakespeare plays will be performed. Tonight I am going to see Cybaline with a
group of people tonight. I’ve never even
heard of this play, let alone read it or see it! I think it will be interesting to see a play
performed that I have never thoroughly analyzed before, it will be fun to shake(speare) it up!
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