Module Identifier |
DR30620 |
Module Title |
SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor David I Rabey |
Semester |
Intended for use in future years |
Next year offered |
N/A |
Next semester offered |
N/A |
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
| 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
s
The Winter's Tale
Other Shakespeare plays TBA.
King Lear
Titus Andronicus
Books
** Recommended Text
Bogdanor, Michael (2003) Shakespeare: The Director's Cut
Capercaillie
Holmes, Jonathan (2004) Merely Players?
Routledge
Dessen, Alan (1989) Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Leggatt, Alexander (1991) King Lear
Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Mangan, Michael (1996) A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies
Longman
Thomson, Peter (1992) Shakespeare`s Theatre
Routledge
Parsons, K., & Mason, P. (eds) (1995) Shakespeare in Performance
Mangan, Michael (1996) A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies
Longman
Holderness, Graham (1989) The Taming of The Shrew
Shakespeare in Performance: Manchester
Wells, Stanley & Stanton, Sarah (eds) (2002) The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage
Cambridge UP
Bate, J and Jackson, R (2001) The Oxford Illustrated History of Shakespeare on Stage
OUP
** Essential Reading
The Tempest
The Taming of the Shrew
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6