Shakespeare's *Twelfth Night* in performance

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, full of gleeful humour and moments of melancholy sorrow. The characters are vividly drawn and the play contains some of the most beautiful verse Shakespeare ever wrote, as well as witty, robust prose exchanges. We will explore both styles and will aim to build confidence in bringing the words off the page in a series of practical workshops. We will see how the language itself helps the actor to bring the characters to life. This is a 10 session course and must be taken with W310Pm01 in week 3.

Typical week: Monday to Friday 

Courses run from Monday to Friday. For each week of study, you select a morning (Am) course and an afternoon (Pm) course. The maximum class size is 25 students.   

Courses are complemented by a series of daily plenary lectures, exploring new ideas in a wide range of disciplines. To add to your learning experience, we are also planning additional evening talks and events. 

Evaluation and Academic Credit  

If you are seeking to enhance your own study experience, or earn academic credit from your Cambridge Summer Programme studies at your home institution, you can submit written work for assessment for one or more of your courses.  

Essay questions are set and assessed against the University of Cambridge standard by your Course Director, a list of essay questions can be found in the Course Materials. Essays are submitted two weeks after the end of each course, so those studying for multiple weeks need to plan their time accordingly. There is an evaluation fee of £75 per essay. 

For more information about writing essays see Evaluation and Academic Credit. 

Certificate of attendance 

A certificate of attendance will be sent to you electronically after the programme.