ACT218 Theatre History (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Performing Arts (PEART)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Theatre History is a major contextual subject for students undertaking courses in theatre/drama. Knowledge of how theatre has developed over the ages will provide students with an understanding of historical periods in western theatre, the major playwrights, and developments over time in production techniques and acting styles.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
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| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ACT218
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
-be able to demonstrate an understanding the concept of theatrical periods
-be able to demonstrate and awareness of major elements of the
main periods in western theatre
-be able to place a script in its correct period
-be able to demonstrate an understanding of performance styles and
production elements used in plays from different periods
-be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of the main playwrights
in western theatre
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Classical Greek and Roman, including Sophocles and Plautus - Medieval - Elizabethan, with special attention to Shakespeare - Comedia del'arte - Restoration theatre - Seventeenth century French theatre, including Moliere - Comedy of manners - from the Restoration to Oscar Wilde - Melodrama - Realism, especially Ibsen and Chekhov - Expressionism - Twentieth century theatre in the USA - Brecht and modern theatre - Theatre of the absurd, especially Beckett - Twentieth century Irish theatre - Musical theatre, especially the Broadway musical - Contemporary theatre - USA and UK
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.