Deflowering MacBeth

Course description

Designed as a follow-up to S’Blood I’m Speaking Shakespeare, this course will use the techniques shared in those sessions to delve into Shakespeare’s bloodiest and shortest play. We forget that Shakespeare was a contemporary playwright, and as such many of his plays are rife with references to the England of his day. For example, what was the Gunpowder Plot, and why does it feature so prominently in MacBeth? We will examine the play to better understand the world-of-the-play then, and how MacBeth still speaks to us today.

S’Blood I’m Speaking Shakespeare is not a mandatory prerequisite for this course, but it is recommended.