What type of degree does one get with the MA in Shakespeare and Theatre from the Shakespeare Institute?
Answer Hi Pam, The MA in Shakespeare and Theatre from the Shakespeare Institute is a Master’s degree just like any other. It is not a terminal degree. They do give PhD research degrees, but they are not theatre degrees, nor is the MA Shakespeare and Theatre really. The Shakespeare Institute does not have a performance program, although they do use the resources of the Royal Shakespeare Company to augment their studies. It is not an MFA – they have no MFA program. It is simply a MA degree that focuses on Shakespeare’s plays in performance rather than just literary works. According to their website (http://www.shakespeare.bham.ac.uk/postgrad/ma_theatre.shtml): “Shakespeare and Theatre is an innovative, part-time modular course that enables students to focus on how Shakespeare’s plays work in performance. It encourages an historical approach to interpretation and styles of presentation and it promotes the value of close reading as the basis for evaluating the plays on the page, stage and
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