| Module Identifier |
DR30620 |
| Module Title |
SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE |
| Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
| Co-ordinator |
Professor Michael D W Mangan |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Pre-Requisite |
DR10120 , DR10220 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours |
| Assessment |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
| |
Semester Assessment | Essay (2500 words) | 30% |
| |
Semester Assessment | Class contribution | 10% |
Learning outcomes
Typically, upon completion of this module students should be able:
- To demonstrate a critical and analytical awareness of the theatricality of specific Shakespeare plays.
- To reflect analytically and critically on the assumptions which documented production choices embody.
- To show an understanding of the implications various critical approaches may generate for production choices.
Aims
To examine a number of Shakespeare texts and to explore ways in which:
Their creation and mediation was determined by original staging circumstances.
Later generations restaged them in ways to create new meanings
They might be staged creatively today.
Content
During the study for this module students will encounter differing approaches to the interpretation and performances of selected texts.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
The Taming of the Shrew.
King Lear.
Titus Andronicus.
Coriolanus.
The Winter's Tale.
Twelfth Night.
** Essential Reading
The Tempest.
Henry V.
** Recommended Text
Dessen, Alan. (1989)
Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Holderness, Graham. (1989)
The Taming of The Shrew. Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Leggatt, Alexander. (1991)
King Lear. Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Lochlith, James N.. (1996)
Henry V Shakespeare in Performance. Manchester
Mangan, Michael. (1996)
A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies. Longman
Mangan, Michael. (1996)
A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies. Longman
Parsons, K., & Mason, P. (eds). (1995)
Shakespeare in Performance.
Ripley, John. (1998)
`Coriolanus` on Stage in England and America 1609-1994. AUP
Thomson, Peter. (1992)
Shakespeare`s Theatre. Routledge
Bate, J and Jackson, R. (2001)
The Oxford Illustrated History of Shakespeare on Stage. OUP