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THEA301 The Classic Play and Performance Now

Updated: 01 November 2006
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2007
Online level
  • Level A - Internet access required
  • Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites THEA 110 and 111 or 100
Co-requisites None
Restrictions THEA 200
Notes on-campus online A; off-campus online D
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) N/A
Unit Description

This unit deals with the challenges faced by theatre practitioners working on plays from the past, as a consequence of changes in theatre conventions and social contexts; and the development of appropriate modern approaches to the performance of classic plays. The unit examines scripts and their contexts from the European tradition from the Greeks to the 19th century. There is no residential school for this unit.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Recommended Material
Optional
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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