Università Roma Tre

The programme of the series of lessons entitled “The apparitions of ghosts in Shakespeare” is the following one:
Introduction and historical and literary references
The ghost in the Greack Tragedy and Classical Age
Listening and relation. For an acting technique
The ghosts in Richard III
Dramaturgyc analysis
Rudiments of direction.
The Caesar’s ghost in Julius Caesar
The actor, the text and the silence
The James Stuart Demonology
The influence of Demonology in Hamlet
The ghost of King Hamlet, Act I
The ghost of King Hamlet, Act III
From Hamlet to Macbeth
Three weired sisters, Macbeth and Banquo



In Shakespeare’ s texts we can find the inspiration for a theoretical and pratical about “The apparitions of ghosts”.
Starting from different texts, where nevertheless a connection can be perceived, we make reflections about the multiple possibilities for their staging.
The texts concerned, Richard III, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, can be considered from the point of view of the evolution of the ghost figure in Shakespeare.
Starting from the texts and scene’s analysis, we look then for the way of the staging.
Through Shakespeare we pass from literature to staging and from staging to literature.