Browse Hierarchy ENGL4008: Texts in Performance

This module aims to introduce students to key issues and debates in the reading and performing of dramatic texts. It will discuss a range of works covering a broad spectrum of drama. The module will focus on distinct theatrical moments drawn from, for example, the Renaissance, Restoration, Victorian, and 20th century theatre etc. It will examine the theatrical practice and dramatic writing of each historical period in detail paying particular attentions to such issues as the questions of textual genre, acting styles and performance spaces. The practical element of the module will develop the student's spatial awareness of staged moments and a sense of the historical specificity of performance.