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THEA301 The Classic Play and Performance Now

Updated: 13 January 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in THEA units
Co-requisites None
Restrictions THEA200
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Andrew McCue (amccue@une.edu.au)
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.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

William Shakespeare The Complete Works
ISBN: 9780199267187
Shakespeare, W., Oxford University Press any edition
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
History of the Theatre
ISBN: 9780205511860
Brockett, O.G. and Hildy, F., Allyn & Bacon 10th ed. 2007
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
THEA301 Classic Plays
ISBN: ARAK03
School of Arts, School of Arts
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Essay 30% On Campus 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-7
Assignment 1:Online discussion 30% Off Campus 1000
Assessment Notes
Structured Discussion board participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8
Assignment 2: Essay 50% Off Campus 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-7
Assignment 2: Performance 30% On Campus 1500
Assessment Notes
Performance and performance write-up
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8
Tutorial 20% On Campus
Assessment Notes
Structured tutorial participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8
Unit Test 20% Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2 GA: 1, 6
Unit Test 20% On Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2 GA: 1, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. describe the major historical changes in European theatre practice since the 5th century BC;
  2. read a script with an understanding of the theatre conventions which applied at the time of its writing;
  3. understand the relationships between the content and structure of a script and the world in which its playwright lived;
  4. identify significant similarities and differences between the world in which a play was written and the modern world;
  5. describe the significant features of a modern production of a classic play; and
  6. analyse a play from the past in terms of current understandings of social relationships and responsibilities.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit provides an extensive coverage of the major contours of Western theatre history from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Theatre Studies encourages a range of written communication skills in class presentations, online discussions and essay writing. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students are encouraged to develop a greater global perspective by thinking about the history of western theatre and its portrayal of different ways of performing culture. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will require and practise information literacy through the use of both conventional and new means of researching information about the plays studied. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students who develop an appreciation for theatre will also develop the skills for ongoing life-long learning about theatre practice and everything that relates to it. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Much of the work for assessment will involve problem solving; confronting problems and finding innovative and original solutions for them is important in both practical and research activities in theatre. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Because play scripts deal with issues confronted by people living their lives in fictional worlds that parallel the world in which we live, theatre practice should always focus on and explore ethical questions of social responsibility. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Theatre is always a collaborative exercise involving performers, backstage workers and audiences; it thus demands and rewards high levels of skill in the area of teamwork. 		True True True
   

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