1 course unit A study of the reproduction of Shakespeare’s plays on film and television and of the appropriation of Shakespeare’s plays by modern playwrights, concentrating on the most adventurous recent work in these genres. Particular emphasis throughout on strategies of adaptation, substitution, and transformation. Prerequisite(s): THR 100 Theatre & Society: An Historical Introduction or ENG 275 Theory & Methods of English Studies or permission of instructor. Meets departmental Transformations approach.
Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 322.