Unit 1 Readings

Module 1

• Read the first part of Chapter 1 in Theatrical Worlds. Pages 6-14.

• Supplementary reading 1: Theatre Today

Module 2

• Read the last part of Chapter 1 in Theatrical Worlds. Pages 14-46.

• Supplementary reading 2: The Audience

Module 3

• Read the Chapter 7 in Theatrical Worlds. Pages 153-167.

• Supplementary reading 3: The Script, the Playwright, and Dramatic Genres

Unit 2 Readings

Module 4

• Read the Chapters 2 & 3 in Theatrical Worlds. Pages 49-79.

• Supplementary reading 4: Acting and Directing

Module 5

• Read the following in Theatrical Worlds: Read Chap. 4, pages 80-112.

• Supplementary reading 5: Stage Spaces and Scenery

Module 6

• Read chapters 5 & 6 in Theatrical Worlds.

• Supplementary reading 6: Costumes, Lighting, and Sound

Unit 3 Readings

Module 7

• Supplementary reading 7A: Ancient Greece and Rome

• READ: History of Greek and Roman Theatre

• WATCH the following at this YouTube page

  • Thespis, Athens, and The Origins of Greek Drama: Crash Course Theater #2 10:24

  • Tragedy Lessons from Aristotle: Crash Course Theater #3 12:30

  • Greek Comedy, Satyrs, and Aristophanes: Crash Course Theater #4 11:34

  • Dances to Flute Music and Obscene Verse. It's Roman Theater, Everybody: Crash Course Theater #5 12:26

  • Roman Theater with Plautus, Terence, and Seneca: Crash Course Theater #6 11:58

• READ an online version of Sophocles’ play Antigone (these are fairly easy to find)

• WATCH the version of Antigone available on Films on Demand through GALILEO

Module 8

• Supplementary reading 7B: Middle Ages

• READ: History of Theatre in the Middle Ages (except Noh Theatre)

• WATCH the following at this YouTube page

  • The Death and Resurrection of Theater as...Liturgical Drama12:34

  • Hrotsvitha, Hildegard, and the Nun who Resurrected Theater12:12

  • Get Outside and Have a (Mystery) Play11:45

• READ an online version of Everyman (again, these are usually easy to locate)

• WATCH the following version of Everyman produced by Portland Community College

Unit 4 Readings

Module 9

• Supplementary reading 8A: Renaissance – Italy and England

• READ: History of Italian and English Renaissance Theatre

• WATCH the following at this YouTube page

  • Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte: Crash Course Theater #12 11:18

  • The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare: Crash Course Theater #13 12:52

  • Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon -Shakespeare's Early Days: Crash Course Theater #14 11:27

  • Shakespeare's Tragedies and an Acting Lesson: Crash Course Theater #15 12:04

  • Comedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines: Crash Course Theater #16 11:22

• READ an online version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (very easy to find)

• WATCH the version of Hamlet available on Films on Demand through GALILEO

Module 10

• Supplementary reading 8B: Renaissance – Spain and France

• READ: History of Spanish and French Renaissance Theatre

• WATCH the following at this YouTube page:

  • The Spanish Golden Age: Crash Course Theater #19 11:16

  • Rules, Rule-Breaking, and French Neoclassicism: Crash Course Theater #20 13:15

  • Moliere -Man of Satire and Many Burials: Crash Course Theater #21 11:46

• READ an online version of Moliere’s Tartuffe (fairly easy to find)

• WATCH this version of Tartuffe available on YouTube

Unit 5 Readings

Module 11

• Supplementary reading 9A: Restoration through the 19^th Century

• READ the following version of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (other versions are acceptable)

• WATCH the version of A Doll’s House available on Films on Demand through GALILEO

Module 12

• Supplementary reading 9B: 20^th Century Modern Theatre

• READ August Wilson’s Fences: Wilson, August. Fences. New York: Plume/Penguin, 1986. ISBN: 0-452-26401-4

• WATCH the following scenes from the movie version of Fences on YouTube. (Alternate: Watch the full movie version of Fences (2016) – at your own expense)