Module Identifier |
DR30620 |
Module Title |
SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE |
Academic Year |
2003/2004 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor David I Rabey |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Pre-Requisite |
Successful completion of Part 1 Drama. |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours |
|
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer
to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml
| 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
Other Shakespeare plays TBA.
** 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
Mangan, Michael (1996) A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies
Longman
Mangan, Michael 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
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6