The history of theatre and its drama is introduced through close study of the world's greatest plays from the Greeks through the end of the 17th century -- How these plays were performed then, how they are performed now, their political, social, and cultural urgencies.
Section Comments: Meets in class and online. 7-week course
Equivalent(s): THDA 436H, THEA 436, THEA 436H
Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Online with some campus visits, Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery), EUNH
Instructors: STAFF
Additional Course Details:
Required Texts:
Please use the specific editions listed below:
Euripides, Medea, trans. Rex Warner. New York: Dover Thrift Edition, 1993. ISBN 0486275485 or 9780486275482
Shakespeare, William, Much Ado About Nothing. New York: Dover Thrift Edition, 2012. ISBN 0486282724 or 9780486282725
Plautus, The Brothers Menaechmus, in Plautus: Four Comedies, trans. Erich Segal. New York: Oxford U Press (Oxford World's Classics), 2008. ISBN 019954056X or 978-0199540563
Goldsmith, Oliver, She Stoops to Conquer, ed. Shane Weller. New York: Dover Thrift Edition, 1991. ISBN 0486268675 or 9780486268675