British Drama From 1800 to the Present   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
   

ENGL 728 - British Drama From 1800 to the Present

Credits: 3

A survey of drama in the 19th century (poetic drama, melodrama, comedy of manners, farce, extravaganza, etc.), with plays representing each type and intensive study of a few dramatists of the present century (e.g., Shaw, Eliot, Pinter). Social and theatrical background emphasized; traces dramatic developments from one period to another.