Shakespeare in Focus: Measure for Measure

Booking will close on Friday 20th February 2026 at 12 noon.

Due to limited resources, we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.

This course will be held in Room 2F03 of the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee.

This three-week course will look at Measure for Measure in depth. This play is an intriguing mixture of comedy and high moral drama. It presents a dark picture of human frailty and corruption, while, at the same time, showing us what the human spirit is capable of. With the help of close textual analysis, we will discuss its style, imagery, themes and characterization. Clips from the BBC version will illustrate the play, together with slides from productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Participants are asked to have read the play in advance and to have a copy with them in the sessions.

Tutor: Rebecca Brown

Before moving to Scotland, Rebecca worked for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, in Stratford upon Avon, where she organized and taught courses on Shakespeare and the literature of his time to a wide range of students, young and old, including many from British and international universities. She often worked in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute. In recent years, Rebecca has taught courses for the Continuing Education programmes of the universities of Dundee and St Andrews.

Course code: 09 217

Enquiries should be sent to: lifelonglearningdundee@gmail.com

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