[ Wesleyan Home Page ] [ WesMaps Home Page ] [ Course Search ] [ Course Search by CID ]

Plays for Performance
THEA150 SP

This course is intended for first-year students who plan to be involved in the theater program. It is aimed to provide a common frame of reference in the frequently revived plays, from the ancient Greeks to the present. Approximately 30 plays will be read; scenes from many of them will be read aloud in class time, and a certain amount of time will be devoted to lecture about and discussion of the works considered. There will be assignments in writing for and about theater.

MAJOR READINGS

Forty plays.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short tests, plus final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course is primarily intended for frosh and transfers intending to do intermediate and advanced work in theater. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA THEA    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions.

Copyright Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459