MA Shakespeare Studies at King's College London

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 theatre 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.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts & Humanities  |  Department: Department of English  |  Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This unique Shakespeare Studies MA allows you to benefit from the academic expertise of both King’s and Shakespeare’s Globe. You’ll study two required modules at the Globe, the first of which will get you thinking about the material, social and economic contexts of the London theatre industry between 1576 and 1642. This will give you a solid framework for understanding how theatre was produced at the great Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline playhouses of the time.

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