Ancient And Medieval Theatre

Early performance rituals in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe; the classical drama of Greece, Rome, and India; and the theatre of medieval Europe and Asia. Special attention paid to the ways theatre has challenged or supported the society that produced it and to how ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, class, and other social constructs have shaped performance, playwriting, and production. Relationship between these cultures and their theatres through a close examination of approximately twenty plays, related critical readings, research, presentations and discussions. May be taken before TPS 11 and/or TPS 12.