Shakespeare on the Couch: Much Ado About Nothing

A single session on campus on Saturday 6 December, 10am-4pm.

Overview

The ever-popular comedy Much Ado About Nothing will be examined on this one-day course. Sparring couples, inept constables, a masked ball, romance nearly scuppered by a dastardly villain and tragedy, only just averted, form part of this witty, lively but sometimes worrying play. The course will consider the play in its time, themes of deceit and trickery, modern productions, dark motivations and the idea of commonwealth.

Course lecturers

Dr Kathleen O’Leary has taught on Continuing Education courses for almost nine years and in that time has offered courses on European literature, Jane Austen, poetry and Shakespeare. Her work focusses on the impact that early modern/medieval writers had on not only the development of the English language, but also on how character, irony and form influenced later writers, and indeed our modern perceptions of literature.

David Rice has a BA (Hons) in Psychology, and an MA in Cultural Studies, and has taught psychology at further and higher education levels for forty years. Retired from full time education, he has been teaching part-time at Continuing Education, University of Liverpool for nearly 10 years.   

Course fee

£55.