ADVANCED THEATRE HISTORY 500 BC TO 1700

ENGL/THEATRE 731

Course Description

Problems of scholarship in the dramatic, performance and staging practices of major traditions of world theatre history between 500 BCE and 1700 including the theatres of ancient Greece and Rome; medieval, Renaissance and early modern Europe; and the Muromachi and Tokugawa eras in Japan.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

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