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Catalog : THEA.3640 Performing Shakespeare

Id: 041670 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

An introductory workshop exploring Shakespeare's plays from the standpoint of the actor. We will study techniques for understanding and activating Shakespeare's words through our bodies, voices, and imaginations. Students will gain a basic, hands-on knowledge of Elizabethan theatre practices, as well as skills in analyzing and performing Shakespeare's language, characters, and genres through action exercises, text analysis, monologues, and scene study.

Prerequisites

ENGL.1010 College Writing I, or THEA.2010 Intro to Theatre, or THEA.2610 Acting I, or Permission of Instructor.

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