Shakespeare Globe

John Marston wrote that his play had been written “merely to be spoken”. Shakespeare’s contemporary admitted that private reading was a poor substitute for public performance and “the soul of lively action”.

Words do not lie lifeless on the page in Globe Education workshops. Playful and play-filled approaches are shared year round with over 70,000 students and teachers at the Globe. From October to March they can experience the relationship between play and playground for themselves as they take to the Globe stage.

The Globe stage is a central part of all courses for undergraduates, graduates and summer schools for teachers.

A range of events for families are offered throughout the year. Lectures, seminars and staged readings for the general public provide historical and theatrical contexts for Shakespeare’s plays and playhouse. A research library and performance archive is open by appointment and research seminars are regularly held for post-graduate students and scholars.

Schools in the Globe’s immediate Southwark community participate in a range of projects every year while online learning, videoconferences and outreach projects help to share Globe approaches to playing, learning and teaching with people across the world.

The Globe is an open house and is open to all.