Verona, Italy

Shakespeare and the Mediterranean - Antony and Cleopatra

Since classical antiquity, the Mediterranean has been a breeding ground for cultural formation and transformation, extraordinarily capitalised on by Shakespeare, who set many of his plays there, re-elaborating narratives, cultural models, theatregrams, epistemological perspectives, and visual and material art forms. In turn, Italy and the other Mediterranean cultures are nowadays responding to the aesthetic and cultural stimuli of those plays, with ever new interpretations and reinterpretations.
SaM Summer School will approach Shakespeare and the Mediterranean from a double perspective that integrates source studies and performance studies: from the Mediterranean sources of Shakespeare to Shakespeare as a source of new adaptations and rewritings in the heart of the Mediterranean. This third edition will concentrate on Antony and Cleopatra in a Mediterranean context.

Participants will be divided into three groups:
A) BA students (third year and near-graduates); Master’s and Doctoral students, as well as schoolteachers (Group A). Students of group A should have at least a B2 level in English.
B) Acting School students and graduates as well as performers (Group B).
C) Journalists, writers, dramaturgs, directors, theatre critics, students and professionals in media and communication, literature students (Group C).
The course is organised as a cycle of lectures and workshops over a week.

Target group

Group A


1) Graduate students (MA and PhD) in Humanities (e.g.: Literary Studies, Shakespeare Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Media and Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Art, Modern Languages etc.);
2) Candidates holding an MA or PhD degree in Humanities;
3) English literature schoolteachers.

Group B:
1) Students and graduates in Conservatoires and equivalent Acting Schools;
2) Candidates with adequate performing experience.

Group C:
Journalists, writers, dramaturgs, directors, theatre critics, students and professionals in media and communication, literature students

Fee info

EUR 330: Standard Fee: € 330.
EUR 180: Reduced fee for partner institutions' students: € 180

You may find the list of Partner Universities on our website.