Fall 2024 English UN2100 section 001

Drama Before Shakespeare

Call Number 14175
Day & Time
Location
MW 8:40am-9:55am
413 Kent Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Alan Stewart
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This lecture course focuses on the many different forms of drama that emerged in England in the decades before William Shakespeare started writing. The drama of sixteenth-century England found its stages in a bewildering variety of venues: the city streets, boys’ grammar schools, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Inns of Court, the royal court, civic halls, private households, and inns. This course will introduce students to a range of plays in all genres (tragedies, comedy, history), and use these plays to explore aspects of Elizabeth theatre, including the playhouses, companies, repertory, playwriting, and the printing of plays.  No knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays is required.

Web Site Vergil
Department English and Comparative Literature
Enrollment 14 students (50 max) as of 9:05PM Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Subject English
Number UN2100
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20243ENGL2100W001