Students admitted to this programme will have the opportunity of conducting part of their year in association with the staff at the new Globe Theatre in London. This will take place in the Globe and not in Exeter. This is a seminar-based module, whose primary emphasis will be on the conditions and personnel governing the original presentation of Shakespeare's plays. The module is led by Peter Thomson, author of Shakespeare's Theatre and Shakespeare's Professional Career . This is a studio-based module, which is centrally concerned with the practical exploration of scenes in performance.
All students have the opportunity to test their ideas about the staging of challenging scenes.
Studio work is led by Lesley Soule, who originally trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and whose scholarly work has challenged neo-Stanislavskian notions of Shakespearean character. This is a seminar-based module, whose primary emphasis is on the mediation of Shakespeare in the modern theatre. The module is led by Christopher McCullough, a major contributor to the controversial volume of essays edited by Graham Holderness and published as The Shakespeare Myth . This module takes place at the New Globe on London's Southbank site, and involves work on its stage. This module is a School of Drama and Music requirement undertaken by all new postgraduates.