DRAMA 202 A & B
History and Performance
Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for DRAMA 202.
Description
Explores a range of major plays from ancient Greek tragedy to contemporary New Zealand drama. This course examines plays in their historical context and as texts for performance. In Semester Two, students learn skills in theatre production by staging a full-length play, directed by an outside professional director.
For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for DRAMA 202.
Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.
This course is not available for students studying remotely, outside Auckland or offshore in 2023.
Availability 2023
Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Rina Kim
Reading/Texts
Semester 1 only
Aeschylus, The Oresteia (Part I Agamemnon) – E-resource available via Library. Read Tony Harrison’s version, but you can also compare it with Ted Hughes’s translation.
Euripides, Bacchae – E-resource available via Literature Online (http://literature.proquest.com/) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., translated by John Davie. Please see the Modules for the text.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet– E-resource available via Library Catalogue and Talis.
Moliere, Tartuffe – E-resource available via Literature Online (Richard Wilbur for rhymed version). https://shsutextanalysismctier.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/tartuffe.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler – E-resource available via Library Catalogue and Talis. Read John Osborne’s translation.
Anton Chekhov, The Seagull (in Plays) – E-resource available via Literature Online (http://literature.proquest.com/), translated by Tom Stoppard.
NB: The Course Reader provides only the excerpts of those plays and you should read the full version of each play-text.
Assessment
Coursework only
Points
DRAMA 202A: 15 points
DRAMA 202B: 30 points
Prerequisites
60 points passed and approval by the Academic Head or nominee
Restrictions
DRAMA 204
