THEATRE OF THE AVANT-GARDE, 1850-1950

THEATRE 350

Intensive scene study from the major works of selected modern playwrights, concentrating on realism.

ENGL/THEATRE 575

Plays and playwrights from the first World War to the present, including movements leading to the "revolt" of 1956 and subsequent proletarian and absurdist drama. Plays by Shaw, O'Casey, Maugham, Coward, Eliot, Osborne, Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, Arden, Wesker, Bond, Churchill and others.

ENGL/THEATRE 732

Problems of scholarship in the dramatic, performance and staging practices of major traditions of world theatre history since 1700, including melodrama, naturalism, the avant-garde, and other movements that helped shaped contemporary theatre.

THEATRE 424

Considers important current trends in performance and dramatic literature worldwide. Writing component includes both literary and performance criticism. When possible, some course materials are linked to University Theatre productions.

ENGL/THEATRE 578

Representative twentieth-century plays from Glaspell and O'Neill to the present considered within contemporary cultural, theatrical and academic context.