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This course provides students with an introduction to the theatre history of the modern age and to some of the important plays of this era. The course will also introduce various theatrical styles, such as epic theatre, theatre of the absurd and naturalist theatre. The dramas temselves will be interpreted as lueprints for performance, not just as examples of literature. Among the playwrights included in the course are Henrik, Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill and Heiner Miller.



Professor Harries