ENG 127 - British and Irish Drama

Semester Hours: 4

A fascinating introduction into great theater plays for the British and Irish stage of the last 150 years, from the era of Victorian melodrama to the radical, sexy, and provocative drama of today. We shall acquaint ourselves with the landmark playwrights who have influenced the way we dramatize stories on stage, in film, and on television. They include Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, J. M. Synge, Noel Coward, John Osborne, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill, Joe Orton, Marina Carr, Enda Walsh, and Martin McDonagh. Class meetings will include video selections of productions and suggested film versions to sample.

Cross-Listed: THE 214
Intellectual Perspective: HC