Prerequisites: Theatre 1010 or permission of the instructor. This course covers dramatic theory, criticism, theatrical practices from the Primitive origins through the Renaissance and the Asian Theatre.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

When students complete this course they will be able to:

1. identify the significant names, dates, terms, and events studied
2. discuss production techniques, plays, playwrights, theatre buildings, acting styles, and audiences
3. identify and discuss themes as well as the dramatic structural elements of the plays studied.

STUDY UNITS

1. Introduction to Theatre and the Drama
2. Greek
3. Roman
4. Medieval
5. Italian Renaissance
6. English Renaissance
7. Spanish Golden Age
8. Neo-classical France
9. Asian