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THEA111 The Playwright and the Play

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
24 August 2013 26 August 2013 Non-Mandatory Starts at 10am on the first day. Finishes at 4pm on the final day. Students will be given the timetable for the school at the first session.
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions THEA100
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Ruth Thompson (rthomps8@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is designed to give students some understanding of the craft of the playwright, the relationship between text and performance and the role of a play within a community. Students will read primary and secondary sources and write about the theatre. On-campus students interpret text for performance and undertake a module of work in production that introduces them to the techniques associated with stage crew and technical tasks. Off-campus students are set weekly questions and complete tasks relating to the playwright's craft. They have the choice either to write an essay on the relationship between plays in performance and scholarly criticism or to attend an intensive school in which they investigate a play in performance and then submit a written reflection on the work.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. show a basic understanding of the ways in which playwrights craft plays;
  2. understand how theoretical approaches influence and stimulate ways of thinking about theatre in performance; and
  3. show basic understanding of the relationship between playwright and director, text and performance.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces students to the study of theatre, focusing on the role of the playwright. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The unit develops students' communication skills, particularly in the areas of written and oral communication and practical performance. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students study a variety of plays, both canonical and counter-canonical (i.e. feminist, postcolonial, postmodern), from different periods in the history of western theatre. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are required to independently research secondary sources in preparing their essay. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit requires students to develop and deploy, both individually and collaboratively, generic learning skills such as information gathering, analysis and exploration, reflection and reporting. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Practical projects provide students with opportunities to work collaboratively at identifying problems and devising solutions. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
The unit introduces students to issues of cultural politics in theatre (e.g. postcolonial theatre, feminist theatre, postmodern theatre) and the performance projects present students with practical opportunities for developing and deploying ethical interpersonal skills. 		True
8 Team Work
Students work collaboratively, with and without direct staff supervision, in devising, rehearsing and presenting performances. 		True True
   

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