Digital Forum Academy: Shakespeare Deep-Dive

Back by popular demand! Study up on each of the Shakespeare plays coming to Stratford this 2027 season. Pull up your tights and leap merrily into the text to explore genre, Shakespeare’s sources, dramatic structure and each play’s central images and motifs. Over this three-week online series, you'll read the full text of the play, contextualizing it within Shakespeare’s life and times through guided instruction and class discussion with Professor Jonathan Ullyot. 

No experience is required, except an interest (and maybe love) of Shakespeare. Each series is a maximum of 15 students and will offer the same content.

Jonathan Ullyot is a writer, scholar, and teacher of literature and philosophy. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and earned his doctorate in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago. He has taught many courses in ancient and modern literature. His YouTube channel, Jonathan Ullyot: The Literature Lab, features hundreds of lectures and teaching videos on literature. 

Hamlet: How to Overthink

Join us for a close look at Hamlet to see how Shakespeare takes a standard revenge story and turns it into a groundbreaking exploration of the human mind. By digging into language and theatrical staging, we’ll uncover how the play reflects the deep political and existential anxieties of Shakespeare's era.

Hamlet: How to Overthink (Series B)

• Seminar 1: Monday, March 8 | 4 to 5:15 p.m. 

• Seminar 2: Monday, March 15 | 4 to 5 p.m. 

• Seminar 3: Monday, March 22 | 4 to 5 p.m.

Venue Capacity: 15 seats