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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Drama and theatre studies
& Drama studies
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TSM points:
TR025 TR001 (TSM)
16
24
455
445-540
B.A.
See page 27
This is a restricted entry course.
Applications must
be submitted by 1 February 2013.
Applications MUST be submitted by 1 February of
the proposed year of entry. Applicants will receive a
questionnaire in March to be completed and returned. On
the basis of the completed questionnaire, some applicants
will be called to attend a workshop and interview (during
April and May), before final selections are made.
TR025 – Drama and theatre studies is a single honor
course where Drama and theatre studies is read almost
exclusively for four years.
TR001 – Drama studies (TSM) cannot be studied as a
single honor course. It must be combined with one other
subject within the two-subject moderatorship (TSM)
programme. TSM is a joint honor programme. An honors
degree is awarded in both subjects.
For subjects that combine with Drama studies see page 36
See also:
Acting, page 57
Stage management and technical theatre, page 58
Drama and theatre studies
(single honor) – TR025
Students in this course devote their full time to the history,
theory, and practice of theatre and performance studies. It is
particularly appropriate for those who already have experience in
community, school or youth theatre, and it includes considerable
work in practical theatre activities. For single honor students
there are approximately 14 hours per week of classes plus
rehearsals.
Drama studies
(TSM joint honors) – TR001
The TSM course explores theatre and drama mainly from a
theoretical and historical perspective. It combines library-based
courses with training in critical and analytical skills. While it
follows a similar format to its single honor equivalent – Drama
and theatre studies (TR025) – the practical content is limited
in the first two years, but allows for the taking of practical
modules in third and fourth years. For TSM students there are
approximately 7 hours per week of classes plus rehearsals.
Is this the right course for you?
These courses provide students with a broad foundation in all
aspects of theatre and performance. They allow students to
specialise in one or more practical areas of theatre and are
designed to prepare students for careers and further training in
theatre and related fields. The strong developmental nature of
Drama and theatre studies means that, in addition to a high level
of analytical ability, you will need to possess resourcefulness,
self-motivation and good time-management skills. By its nature,
practical theatre work calls for full-time commitment to rehearsal
and production at certain times of the year. You will also need to
have the ability to work as a member of a team to succeed on
this course.
Course overview
Both these courses aim to enable you to explore the relationship
between the theory and the practice of theatre, to discover
how and why theatre works. They do this by uniting elements
of literary, cultural, historical and sociological studies with a
practical understanding of the various performing arts.
The Freshman years
The Junior and Senior Freshman (first and second) years
will provide you with the skills of the theatre historian, analyst
and practitioner. During these years, the course provides an
introduction to drama, theatre and performance. Teaching is
by lecture, seminar and practical workshop and is arranged in
a series of three-week intensive modules over each of the two
semesters. Courses cover defined historical periods, genres
and movements, such as ancient Greek theatre, Shakespeare,
Melodrama, Gender and performance, Postmodern theatre and
Classical Asian theatre. Single honor students, in addition to all
of the courses above take courses in practical areas of theatre
(Introduction to performing, Introduction to theatre making and
Technical theatre). These practical courses run through both of
the Freshman years.
In the Junior Freshman (first) year these courses are
supplemented for all students by classes in study and writing
skills and multimedia technology. Senior Freshmen (second-year
students, both single honor and TSM) supplement their practical
experience of theatre in a full year-end ensemble production in
the Samuel Beckett Theatre.