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.
The Taming of the Shrew: The Art of the Game
Behind the fiery battles of The Taming of the Shrew lies a clever, highly self-aware experiment with disguise, theatrical framing, and linguistic power. Together, we'll take a closer look at Shakespeare’s dialogue to see how Petruchio and Katherina test, counter and reshape each other through pure verbal warfare.
The Taming of the Shrew: The Art of the Game (Series B)
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Seminar 1: Thursday, March 11 | 4 to 5:15 p.m.
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Seminar 2: Thursday, March 18 | 4 to 5 p.m.
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Seminar 3: Thursday, March 25 | 4 to 5 p.m.
Venue Capacity: 15 seats