Dr. Eric W. Trumbull, Professor, Theatre/Speech

Index of Lessons in Each Unit:

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Syllabus

A Note about the Textbook

Unit I:

• Why Study Theatre
• Origins of Theatre
• Theories of the Theatre
• Theatre as an Art
• Theatre as Performance
• Special Qualities of Theatre
• The Audience and the Theatre
• The Playwright
• Plot
• Character
• Thought/Diction/Music/Spectacle
• Types of Drama
• Style of Drama

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Unit II:

• Acting
• The Director
• The Designer
• A History of Stage Lighting

 

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Unit III (this is NOT officially part of SPD 141; it is for your informatiuon only):

• Ancient Greek Theatre
• Roman Theatre and Drama
• Medieval Theatre
• The Renaissance and Neoclassicism in Italy
• Theatre from the Medieval to the Elizabethan Periods (England)
• The Elizabethan Theatre
• Spanish Theatre During the Renaissance
• Restoration Theatre
• Eighteenth Century Theatre
• Romanticism
• 19th Century Melodrama
• Realism
• Late 19th / Early 20th century Theatre
• Modern Theatre
• The Federal Theatre Project

   

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