Location:

London, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT BE RUNNING IN SUMMER 2015. The Duke University Department of Theater Studies, the Duke English Department, and the Duke Global Education Office for Undergraduates offer a two-course, six-week program at University College London, under the direction of Sarah Beckwith, Professor and Chair of Theater Studies. The director teaches the program with a distinguished group of British theater practitioners and scholars. Students take classes and live in a residence hall of University College London (UCL), in central London.

The Duke in London Drama Program offers intensive study of drama in performance in the theater capital of the world. Students in the program see and study over twenty productions over the six-week term. In addition to classes offering background on and discussion of the plays seen, students come to understand the writing, directing and acting process through their classes with the London faculty and through participation in scene work.

Setting Description:

Students will be housed in single-occupancy rooms in Langton Close on Wren Street in London , a dormitory of the University College London, located near the British Museum and convenient to the underground and Theatre District. The program usually includes excursions to the Chichester Theatre Festival, Hampton Court Palace, Hatfield House and Stratford-upon-Avon.