Adult Leisure Study Days

Join us in 2025 for one or more of our study days to discover the wide variety of female characters who breathe life into Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories.

• 10 September - Shakespeare's Women : Comedy
• 8 October - Shakespeare's Women : Tragedy
• 6 November - Shakespeare's Women : History

• Learn about the literary and historical sources, as well as the dramatic influences that helped shape Shakespeare's female characters.
• Explore how Shakespeare challenged his boy actors to create memorable women.
• Discuss ways to get the most of out of speaking Shakespeare's women's words out loud.
• Discover how Shakespeare's women have been presented on stage and share memories of different productions.

Details on how to book to follow shortly.

Cost: £55 per person

Time: 10.00 am to 4.30 pm

Venue: Hall's Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon

Are you coming to Stratford-upon-Avon to watch Shakespeare's plays in performance and would like the chance to learn more about the play you are seeing and the opportunity to share your own thoughts and ideas with others?

Then why not spend the day with us in the historic and relaxed setting of Hall's Croft and take the opportunity to really get to know one of Shakespeare's plays well.

Chat with Shakespeare specialists and theatre practitioners about different focus plays to get the most out of watching the play in performance.

Dates and plays for our 'A Day with ...' 2025 events include:

• 15 April - Much Ado About Nothing
• 7 June - Hamlet
• 12 August - The Winter's Tale

Details on how to book to follow shortly.

Cost: £55 per person

Time: 10.00 am to 4.30 pm

Venue: Hall's Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon