OLLI101505 - Shakespeare: Three Plays [Online via Zoom]

Course Description

Shakespeare: Three Plays 

Instructor: Wendy Buckingham 

Days of the Week: Thursday 

Date: June 4 – July 23 (8 sessions) 

Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 

Location: Online via Zoom 

This seminar explores the plays of William Shakespeare through reading and discussion. The class will study three plays—likely Hamlet, Measure for Measure and Romeo and Juliet—at a pace of about one every three weeks. Some reading aloud will occur, but this is not an acting class. Students should purchase the Folger editions. 

Maximum: 30 

Instructor Bio: Wendy Buckingham taught English for 26 years, including a senior elective in Shakespeare. She chaired the English department at Friends Select School for 20 years. Buckingham holds a BA in English from Barnard College and an MA in literature from Bryn Mawr College.