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Literary Tour: Shakespeare and Wilde

May 01-09, 2024

9 days | England | alumni UBC Travel Club

William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde are the focus of this exclusive literary tour to London, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Oxford accompanied by two of UBC’s distinguished and congenial study leaders, experts in the literature of these two notable authors.

This specially designed tour takes us to the literary sites associated with William Shakespeare, including his birthplace in the pretty town of Stratford-upon-Avon and locations in London. Together we’ll also explore the London of Oscar Wilde and the magical literary settings of the “city of dreaming spires.” We’ll attend three performances and enjoy special access to libraries and literary collections.

Experience Westminster Abbey (Poets’ Corner has memorials to both authors), Shakespeare’s iconic Globe Theatre, the magnificent Tudor Hampton Court Palace, the evocative ruins of the Elizabethan Kenilworth Castle, William Morris’ Kelmscott Manor, the gorgeous cloisters of Oxford’s Magdalen College, and the 600-year history of the Bodleian Library.

Enjoy pub meals, high teas, city centre hotels, and exclusive guided walks as we explore the inspiring and stimulating worlds of Shakespeare and Wilde.
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Tour Cost (per person):
TBA
Group Size:
16 - 24 participants

What’s included: Accommodation in double occupancy, in hotels as noted or similar; breakfast daily; lunches and dinners as indicated in the itinerary; transportation in London by public transport; transportation outside London by private coach; activities as indicated in the itinerary; entrance fees to all sites visited with the group; special presentations by Greg Mackie and Vin Nardizzi; all gratuities for local guides, drivers, hotel, and group meals; all taxes

Itinerary at a Glance

DayActivity
1Arrive London, Poets' Corner
2St. Helen’s Bishopsgate Church, Clerkenwell Gate, Southwark Cathedral, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London
3London: Wilde in Picadilly and Mayfair
4London: Wilde in Knightsbridge, the Physic Garden, the V&A
5Hampton Court Palace, Compton Verney, Stratford-upon-Avon
6Stratford-upon-Avon, Charlecote Park, Kenilworth Castle
7Transfer to Oxford via Cotswolds
8Bodleian Library in Oxford
9Depart London
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Your Tour Leaders

Vin Nardizzi is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of English Language and Literatures specializing in English Renaissance literature, especially Shakespeare and Environmental Humanities. His first book, Wooden Os: Shakespeare’s Theatres and England’s Trees (2013) brings into view the forest and the trees of English Renaissance drama.

Gregory Mackie is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of English Language and Literatures specializing in Victorian and Modernist literature, drama, and book history. His book Beautiful Untrue Things: Forging Oscar Wilde’s Extraordinary Afterlife (2019) examines a lost archive of Wilde forgeries that flooded the rare book market in the 1920s.

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Tour Cost (per person):
TBA
Group Size:
16 - 24 participants

What’s included: Accommodation in double occupancy, in hotels as noted or similar; breakfast daily; lunches and dinners as indicated in the itinerary; transportation in London by public transport; transportation outside London by private coach; activities as indicated in the itinerary; entrance fees to all sites visited with the group; special presentations by Greg Mackie and Vin Nardizzi; all gratuities for local guides, drivers, hotel, and group meals; all taxes

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