Modern Drama
As taught in: Spring 2006
Tennessee Williams, Wole Soyinka, and George Bernard Shaw. (Left image courtesy of the Library of Congress; center and right images taken from Wikipedia.)
Instructors:
Prof. Diana Henderson
MIT Course Number:
21L.486
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Description
This course analyzes major modern plays featuring works by Shaw, Pirandello, Beckett, Brecht, Williams, Soyinka, Hwang, Churchill, Wilson, Frayn, Stoppard, Deveare Smith, and Kushner. The class particularly considers performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the world of modern multimedia.
*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.
