Shakespeare
in London
June 18 –June 28, 2008
Program Overview:
Earn three credits in Literature 405 Shakespeare (fulfills Major Author requirement for EMU English Majors), or graduate credits in Literature 592 Special Topics on this Spring Break tour. You will stay in central London, England (and two days in Stratford). This class is designed as an intensive study-abroad seminar for English majors, and for students who plan to teach his plays.
Class will be a touring discussion group on scene at London museums, libraries and theaters. There will be a visit to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, a day in Stratford, backstage tours of Shakespeare performances, and attendance at live productions in the theatre capital of the world. You'll read some of Shakespeare’s plays in the context of the latest theories about his life as an urban playwright, then visit several of London's famous museums, including the British Library, and view collections on the print and stage history of his famous works.
The course will offer an opportunity to collect teaching materials for classrooms: facsimile pages of quarto and folio editions of the plays, pictures of sites and events, reproductions of paintings that depict early modern life, maps of early modern Startford and London, and old playbills.
Tentative Itinerary :
- Wednesday (June 18) TRAVEL DAY: Detroit Metro to London, U.K.
Upon Arrival Check into Palmers Lodge
- Thursday (June 19) LONDON Mixed Tour Group With Aurthurian Legend
Performance at LONDON GLOBE
- Friday (June 20) LONDON Mixed Tour Group With Aurthurian Legend
- Saturday (June 21) Travel Day to STRATFORD
Check into Hemmingford House
Evening Performance at RSC STRATFORD 7:15 Merchant of Venice
- Sunday (June 22) STRATFORD
- Monday (June 23) STRATFORD
7:30 pm RSC Stratford 7:15 Taming of the Shrew
- Tuesday (June 24) LONDON Travel to London
- Wednesday (June 25) LONDON
Performance: London Globe: (TBA)
- Thursday (July 26 ) LONDON
Evening Performance London Globe (TBA)
- Friday (June 27) LONDON
Saturday (June 28) Travel home
Accommodation:
Small hotel in London, room based on multiple occupancy.
Program
fee: $ 1600.00*
*Does not include round-trip air fare or EMU tuition and fees. Our program fees are based on currency exchange rates in effect at the time of budget planning. Further weakening of the U.S. Dollar against world currencies may require a surcharge to cover unexpected costs resulting from unfavorable exchange rates. We will do everything possible to limit program costs as we monitor economic conditions beyond our control.
Program fee includes:
• Ten days of lodging England
• Travel to and lodging in Stratford-on-Avon
• Museum admissions, including: British Library, Theatre
Museum, Tower of London, Clink Prison, Victoria and Albert Museum,
and more
• Lectures
• Theatrical Performances
• Miscellaneous tour expenses
• Breakfasts (continental)
• All gratuities
• International Student ID Card
• CMI Health insurance
Program fee does not include:
• Round-trip international airfare
• EMU tuition and fees
• Meals and beverages
• Personal expenses
• Independent travel
Professor:
Craig Dionne (Ph.D.) has taught Shakespeare and English Literature
at Eastern Michigan University for thirteen years. He has published
on Shakespeare and early modern London.
For
further information:
Dr. Craig Dionne
cdionne@emich.edu
or
Office of Academic Programs Abroad
103 Boone Hall
734.487.2424 or
800.777.3541
programs.abroad@emich.edu
Early Application deadline: February
15, 2008
Final Application deadline: March 14, 2008
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