Listed in: Theater and Dance, as THDA-160
Formerly listed as: THDA-29
Ron Bashford (Section 01)
In this course, students explore elements of dramatic literature and their implications for audience experiences in performance. Character, language, spectacle, plot, rhythm, and theme are studied in the light of dynamic audience response in real time and space. Particular emphasis is placed on exploring the legacy of classical form and later evolutionary and innovative responses to it. In addition to exercises in analytical and descriptive writing, students undertake experiential projects that explore distinctive theatrical conventions of the plays studied. When possible, course activities may also include attending live performances. Exemplary plays are chosen for their contrasting qualities, from antiquity to the present, including plays by Euripides, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Shaw, Brecht, Churchill and Kushner, among others. Two class meetings per week.
Fall semester. Professor Bashford.
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM WEBS 19
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM WEBS 19
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medea | Free Press 2008 | Euripides; Robertson | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Cherry Orchard | Samuel French 2012 | Chekhov; Stoppard | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| You Can't Take It With You: A Comedy in Three Acts | Dramatists Play Service, Inc.; Acting Edition edition (January 1998) | Moss Hart, George Kaufman | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Cymbeline | Folger 2003 | Shakespeare | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Angels in America | Theatre Communications Group 2014 | Kushner | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Pygmalion and Major Barbara | Bantam Classics 1992 | Shaw | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Marat/Sade | Waveland Pr Inc 2001 | Weiss | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Love and Information | Theatre Communications Group 2013 | Churchill | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| 4.48 Psychosis | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2000 | Kane | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.
Please note that the class meeting times for this course have changed since pre-registration.
THDA 160 will meet Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.