Year 12 and 13 Literature Students visited Stratford for an Othello study day. They were able to participate in two seminars with Shakespeare experts from the Birthplace Trust exploring alternative interpretations and presentations of Shakespeare’s play on stage, critical views across time, the original performance conditions and stagecraft in Shakespeare’s theatre and the social, cultural and historical context of the play. The students also explored key extracts from the play to discuss ways in which Shakespeare shapes meaning and different ideas about characterisation. In the middle of the day the students also had a tour of the Shakespeare birthplace where some of them took the opportunity to dress as an Elizabethan. It was a really informative and interesting day providing the students with thought-provoking insights and new ideas into this key set text for their A level Literature and an opportunity for much lively discussion.
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