Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon and London)
Not running in Summer 2026

Experience Shakespeare’s plays as they were meant to be experienced, on the stage as well as the page, and in the company of his fellow dramatists, during a summer session spent in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, England.

During this intensive program, students will be immersed in the study of multiple plays in performance, as mounted both on the two stages of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the reconstructed Globe Theater in Southwark, London.

Classroom work will include analysis of literary and historical approaches to the plays led by UCLA Shakespearean Professor Claire McEachern, as well as visits from actors, directors and other production staff of these two world-famous theater companies. Beyond the classroom, students will be introduced to the major historical sites and museums of Shakespeare’s hometown as well as the cultural offerings of London.

Program Director: 

Professor Claire McEachern, UCLA Department of English

Curriculum: 10-14 units

For English Majors

• English 150A-Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays (5 units)
• English 150B-Shakespeare: Later Plays (5 units)
• English 199: Individual Studies (optional 4 units)

Students who have already taken English 150A or 150B may substitute English 150C-Shakespeare: Special Topics for that course.

For non-English Majors

• English 90-Shakespeare (5 units) may fulfill GE requirement
• English 129-Topics in Genre Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Critical Theory (5 units)
• English 199: Individual Studies (optional 4 units)

For more information, visit: http://ieo.ucla.edu/travelstudy/English-Stratford