To embed the 6th Years' Senior Cycle English Single Text study, we were very lucky to get tickets to a sold out performance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', by the world-renowned Irish theatre company Druid, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival at the Gaiety Theatre on Tuesday, 30th September.
While a fascinating age-blind decision to cast Marie Mullan as Lady Macbeth prompted great post-show discussions, it was the lurking prevalence of evil in the cloaked witches, and the religious iconography of the ghostly crucifix that really helped students visualise the major themes of ambition and power in the play, and remind them of its cultural context, written in the aftermath of the Gunpower Plot in 1606.
Students' views were conflicted over the effectiveness of the bare set and the costumes and proxemics of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, however we all agreed Aidan and Aaron brought excellent style and greatly elevated our evening out!
Ms Talbot
A new Science Club has started on Mondays in the Science Lab where we get to do some quick and exciting experiments to fidget our extra science fix. This week students made self inflating monsters! All are welcome and Dr. McAdoo cannot wait to see you there!!
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Applications for 1st Year 2026 are now being accepted online. In Stratford College you will not just learn—you will lead, you will inspire, you will make your mark.
On Friday, 10th October Stratford College celebrated student achievements for the past academic year. We welcomed Colm Keegan - poet, writer, dramatist - as our keynote speaker who shared with us the transformative power of poetry.
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