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Laboratory sessions and rehearsal periods may be added to any course at the discretion of the instructor.

DRAMA 100s


DRAMA 101A LEC 0.50Course ID: 004660
Introduction to the Theatre 1
Introductory study of the theatre as a major art form. Selected plays as produced in their historical contexts. Contributions of the actor, designer and technician to theatrical production.

DRAMA 101B LEC 0.50Course ID: 004661
Introduction to the Theatre 2
An extension of the studies described in 101A.
Prereq: DRAMA 101A

DRAMA 102 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004662
Introduction to Performance
Designed for majors in Drama and in Speech Communication, this workshop introduces the student to the tools of performance. Students will gain confidence through individual and group exercises in physical and emotional awareness, improvisational skills, scene study, character creation and voice.
[Note: Must attend first class. May be subject to priority enrolment.]
Coreq: DRAMA 101A
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 102)

DRAMA 200s


DRAMA 220 WSP 0.50Course ID: 012417
Performance Studies
This workshop course in performance studies explores performance as a way of knowing. It investigates performance as artistic practice and as a means of understanding historical, social and cultural practices, including drama/theatre texts, poetry, narratives and texts of everyday life.
Prereq: Level at least 2A; Drama majors and minors only
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 220)

DRAMA 221 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004663
Intermediate Acting 1
An extension of DRAMA 102. This course stresses development of the actor through scene study.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 101A or 101B, and DRAMA 102/SPCOM 102

DRAMA 222 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004664
Intermediate Acting 2
An extension of DRAMA 221.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 221

DRAMA 243 LAB,LEC 0.50Course ID: 004668
Introduction to Technical Production 1
Theory and practice of building, painting, rigging and shifting scenery; construction of properties; familiarity with lighting instruments, sound equipment and their control systems. Students must spend a certain number of hours working on department productions.
Prereq: DRAMA 101A, 101B, DRAMA 102/SPCOM 102

DRAMA 244 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004669
Introduction to Technical Production 2
An extension of the studies described in DRAMA 243.
Prereq: DRAMA 243

DRAMA 300s


DRAMA 301 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004678
Dramaturgical Analysis
On the basis of selected readings and practical exercises this course introduces students to various aspects of dramaturgical work in the theatre, close textual analysis, script editing, performance history, background research, play development dramaturgy, program design, publicity dramaturgy, and production dramaturgy. Students will have the opportunity to apply these skills to the plays chosen for the year's season.
Prereq: DRAMA 101A, 101B, DRAMA 102/SPCOM 102

DRAMA 306 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004680
Spec Studies: Theatre Prod 1
Production participation and the study of selected problems of theatrical production.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 307 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004681
Spec Studies: Theatre Prod 2
Production participation and the study of selected problems of theatrical production.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 311 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004682
English Drama to 1642
The Middle Ages, the Elizabethans and Jacobeans (excluding Shakespeare), and the Spanish Golden Age.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 361)

DRAMA 314 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004684
Survey of Dramatic Literature and Theory 5
The first part of the 20th century.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 233C)

DRAMA 315 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004685
Survey of Dramatic Literature and Theory 6
The second part of the 20th century.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 233D)

DRAMA 318 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004687
Musical Theatre and Musical Film
The course explores the elements that are unique to the musical, and the translation of this essentially artificial art form into theatrical and cinematic versions. It will examine in particular the distinctions between musicals based on stage productions and musicals devised exclusively for film.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with FINE 366)

DRAMA 319B LEC 0.50Course ID: 010190
Tennessee Williams in Performance
This course focuses on a major dramatist. It will consider first of all the times, the life and the work. It will then concentrate on productions of plays in various media, and include interpretations, design styles, critical reception and related topics.

DRAMA 319E SEM 0.50Course ID: 012203
Beckett in Performance
This course focuses on the various ways in which the dramatic works of Samuel Beckett have been rendered in performance.
Prereq: Level at least 3A Drama majors only

DRAMA 321 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004688
Advanced Acting 1
Advanced work in acting. Course involves individual and ensemble work in selections from specific plays with attention given to various periods and styles in acting.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 221, 222

DRAMA 322 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004689
Advanced Acting 2
An extension of the studies described in DRAMA 321.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 321

DRAMA 326 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004692
Voice Technique
A workshop course in voice for the speaker, designed to increase vocal power, range, flexibility and variety in presenting the spoken word. May be subject to priority enrolment.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 102/SPCOM 102 or SPCOM 223/DRAMA 223
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 326)

DRAMA 331 STU 0.50Course ID: 004694
Design for the Theatre 1
An introduction to the problems of designing for the theatre. Work for the course will include the preparation of drawings and models as well as practical experience in the theatre.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 243 and 244
(Cross-listed with FINE 335)

DRAMA 333 WSP 0.50Course ID: 010103
Costume Design
This course examines the art form and practical craft of costume design for the theatre as it is practiced today. All aspects of the design and construction of stage costuming are addressed, with emphasis on text analysis, capturing a period look, fabric choice and methods of costume construction, and rendering approaches and techniques.
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama or Fine Arts students
(Cross-listed with FINE 333)

DRAMA 335 LEC 0.50Course ID: 012204
History of Costume
This course surveys the development of costume, focusing primarily on fashionable clothing in Western societies from the Renaissance to today. It examines the influence of art and design movements, social roles and trends, and manufacturing and marketing methods on the changing fashionable style image of men and women. It includes the role of the fashion designer as well as theatrical and film costume design.
Prereq: Level at least 3A Drama majors only
(Cross-listed with FINE 337)

DRAMA 341 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004696
Lighting Design for the Theatre 1
An introduction to the theory and practice of theatre lighting design through studio experience.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 243 and 244

DRAMA 343 LAB,LEC 0.50Course ID: 004698
Theatre Management and Technology 1
The theory and practice of theatre technology. Special attention will be given to stage management, production management and house management. The course is an integral part of the departmental production season.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 243, 244

DRAMA 351 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005509
Central and East European Film
Examination of the development of the motion picture art in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II. Selected work of prominent directors of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the former USSR, and former Yugoslavia will be discussed (Chytilova, Forman, Jancso, Makavejev, Tarkovsky, Wajda, and others). Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 351)

DRAMA 352 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005510
The Cinema of Science Fiction
A chronological survey of one of the most intriguing of film genres. Discussion of its aesthetic, philosophical and cinematic aspects. Film screenings will present major international works in this genre (Godard, Kubrick, Lang, Marker, Siegel, Tarkovsky, Truffaut and other directors). Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 352)

DRAMA 353 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005511
Contemporary Italian Film
A study of major achievements of the Italian cinema in its post- Neo-Realist period. Discussion of the works of major directors since the late 1950s (Antonioni, Bertolucci, Fellini, Olmi, Taviani, Rosi, Visconti and others). Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 353)

DRAMA 354 PRA,SEM 0.50Course ID: 012326
New Cinemas of East Asia (from 1985)
This course examines the role of the post-1985 East-Asian film in the development of motion picture art and the East-West cultural exchange, focusing on Chinese (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) and Korean cinemas. It will assist students in interpreting non-Western modes of cinematic expression. Screenings and seminar discussions will include a selection from the fifth and sixth generations of Chinese filmmakers: Hong Kong's auteur Wong Kar Wai; Taiwanese directors Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang; the achievements of Korea's master filmmaker Im Kwon-taek, and the newcomer Kim Ki-duk.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 354)

DRAMA 355 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 010011
History of Animated Film
This course will examine the historical development of the animated film and the diversity of its stylistic expression. It will focus on some of the most significant achievements of the animated form in an international context, including: Early film animation; Disney and Hollywood cartoon; two and three dimensional and live action animation in Western Europe; Czech animation; the Zagreb animation school, and the Russian animation; National Film Board of Canada and the independent US animation; Japanese tradition; recent advances in computer and experimental animation.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 355)

DRAMA 356 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005466
History of Film 1 (1895-1940)
History of world cinema in its silent and early sound era, covering the work of outstanding directors, national productions and movements, and their contribution to the film medium's development into a prominent art form of the 20th century. Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 250)

DRAMA 357 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005467
History of Film 2 (after 1941)
A continuation of FINE 250/DRAMA 356. From the beginnings of the modern sound cinema (Welles) to the contemporary period. Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 251)

DRAMA 358 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005508
French Film After 1945
A study of major achievements of the French cinema after World War II. Discussion and comparison of the two main creative impulses of the period: the Academic tradition of the 40s and 50s, and the rebellious nouvelle vague of the 60s. (Bresson, Carne, Ophuls, Renoir, Chabrol, Godard, Malle, Truffaut, Resnais, and others.) Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 350)

DRAMA 359 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005516
Film and Television 1
Examination of principles of the audiovisual language and the main structural elements of the cinematic work. Discussion of the relationship between film, television and other arts/media. Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 360)

DRAMA 360 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 005517
Film and Television 2
Development of critical judgment and expression in the area of film and television. Investigation of the role of motion pictures and TV in society. Review of major theories (Eisenstein, Bazin, Metz, Kracauer, Esslin). Film screenings.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 361)

DRAMA 361 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004706
Directing 1
Exploration of the director's task in its practical, theoretical and historical aspects.
Instructor Consent Required

DRAMA 362 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004707
Directing 2
Students will be expected to form their own production company, mount a short play, and submit a detailed promptbook.
Instructor Consent Required

DRAMA 363 WSP 0.50Course ID: 010088
Stage Combat
The basics of physical contact for the stage, with a strong emphasis on safety considerations. Hand-to-hand combat and work with a variety of weapons including foils are covered. In addition, aspects of fight choreography are explored, as well as falls and pratfalls.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: Level at least 3A Drama majors

DRAMA 371 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004708
Theatre History 1
Theatre history from Classical Greece to the Renaissance.
Also offered Online

DRAMA 372 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004709
Theatre History 2
Theatre history from the Classical French and English Restoration periods to the present era.

DRAMA 380 LEC 0.50Course ID: 005148
Canadian Drama
This course explores traditions and experiments in Canadian drama through an analysis of Canadian plays, especially those from 1960 to the present, in their historical and theatrical contexts.
(Cross-listed with ENGL 316)

DRAMA 381 LEC 0.50Course ID: 008456
Russian Drama before 1905
A study of the origins and development of Russian drama up to 1905. Reading and critical analysis of major works in various genres with emphasis on authors of the 19th century.
[Note: Taught in English. This course will have a Slavic language component for students in REES academic plans.]
(Cross-listed with REES 341)

DRAMA 382 LEC 0.50Course ID: 008457
Russian Drama after 1905
A study of the origins and development of Russian drama after 1905. Reading and critical analysis of major works in various genres with emphasis on authors of the 20th century.
[Note: Taught in English. This course will have a Slavic language component for students in REES academic plans.]
(Cross-listed with REES 342)

DRAMA 386 LEC 0.50Course ID: 005166
Shakespeare 1
A study of the plays written before 1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with ENGL 362)
Also offered Online

DRAMA 387 LEC 0.50Course ID: 005167
Shakespeare 2
A study of the plays written after 1599-1600, including Julius Caesar.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with ENGL 363)
Also offered Online

DRAMA 392 LEC 0.50Course ID: 011401
American Film
American Film will examine the relationship between film and the social/political movements of each decade since 1930. In this way, the course will address the medium as both chronicler of history and agent for change and/or conformity. At the same time, attention will be paid to the nature of film, its technical development and the changing approaches to acting in American films that is a direct result of the development in theatre of a specific and distinctive American acting style.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with FINE 376)

DRAMA 394 LEC 0.50Course ID: 011713
The New Hollywood
The course examines the impact of European New Wave films of the late 1950s and early 1960s on American filmmaking, focusing on the revolutionary changes evident during the later 1960s and the 1970s. The course considers the work of filmmakers such as Bogdanovich, Cimino, Coppola, Peckinpah, Penn, Scorsese and others.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with FINE 377)

DRAMA 396 LEC 0.50Course ID: 011908
Film Noir
The principal focus will be on the American "noir" films between 1940-55, the period during which the genre itself was defined and developed. Beyond the style and the techniques of this unique world of film, the parallels between cinema noir and America's social and political pressures will be examined. The course will include the neo-Noir school, the filmmakers who 'borrowed' from the originators by re-applying the basics to the changing times in the 1970's and beyond.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
(Cross-listed with FINE 365)

DRAMA 397 LAB,SEM 0.50Course ID: 010177
Women and Film
The study of selected film texts is informed by contemporary critical readings in feminist and film theory. Subjects addressed may include representation, fetishism and the gaze, female spectatorship, women's genres (e.g., melodrama, romance), female stereotypes (e.g., the femme fatale) and women's documentary film.
[Note: Film Studies course]
Prereq: Level at least 2A Drama students
(Cross-listed with FINE 378)

DRAMA 400s


DRAMA 401 SEM 0.50Course ID: 011181
Acting Styles
Examines American and British acting styles from 1945 - 1965 through a study of representative films. The evolution of contemporary techniques and styles is considered, first by exploring the dominant methods in each country from the mid-century, and then by observing an increasing similarity between the two.
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama

DRAMA 402 SEM 0.50Course ID: 011182
Political Theatre
Considers the politics of governing, religion, family, marriage, work, race, gender and sexual orientation as they are expressed and commented on in a variety of contemporary, international play texts. Class discussion focuses on both the texts and the society that gave rise to each playwright's passions.
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama

DRAMA 403 SEM 0.50Course ID: 011183
Theories of the Modern Theatre
An examination of the writings of selected theorists and practitioners of the modern theatre in terms of their contrasting ideas on the kind of expression and communication possible through the medium of theatre. Their works will be studied in relation to each other and to concurrent social, political, and aesthetic developments.
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama

DRAMA 404 SEM 0.50Course ID: 011184
Genre
A study of the various dramatic genres and sub-genres in terms of their distinguishing characteristics. Selected plays from various periods in theatre history will be examined on the basis of some of the most significant theoretical writings in the field. The usefulness of genre distinctions will be tested against plays/performances which appear to transcend them.
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama

DRAMA 405 LEC,SEM 0.50Course ID: 011907
Theatre and the New Media
The primary objective of this course is to investigate ways in which new media technologies have been, and can be, applied in theatrical practice. It examines the range of opportunities and challenges this synthesis poses and provides students with some of the insights and skills required to apply new media technologies in a theatrical context. On the basis of such practical and theoretical study, students will also engage in projects which explore creatively the coalition between theatre and the new media.
Prereq: Level at least 3A

DRAMA 406 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004715
Theatre Workshop 1
Participation in stage production for advanced students.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 407 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004716
Theatre Workshop 2
Participation in stage production for advanced students.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 409 LEC 0.50Course ID: 004717
Theatre Criticism
Study and practice of the criticism of theatre production and performance.
[Note: May be subject to priority enrolment]
Prereq: Level at least 4A Drama or Speech Communication majors in the Performance Studies area of concentration only

DRAMA 421 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004718
Advanced Acting Workshop 1
An intensive workshop designed to develop performance skills. Special attention given to individual acting problems.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 321, 322

DRAMA 422 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004719
Advanced Acting Workshop 2
An extension of DRAMA 421.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: DRAMA 421

DRAMA 425 LAB 0.50Course ID: 004720
Audition Technique and Professional Orientation
An intensive approach to monologue work, this course will prepare students for the audition process. Time will also be devoted to learning about the demands of the theatre profession, and the problems faced by the self-employed artist.
[Note: Audition required.]
Instructor Consent Required

DRAMA 426 LAB 0.50Course ID: 012960
Advanced Voice Technique
An advanced workshop course in voice for the actor and speaker designed to continue the exploration of voice technique in DRAMA/SPCOM 326.
Prereq: DRAMA/SPCOM 326

DRAMA 440 LEC,SEM,WSP 0.50Course ID: 011906
Performative Inquiry and Practice
This course explores how to create, perform and analyze performance texts, here defined as including drama/theatre texts, poetry, narratives, and the texts of everyday life. Through readings and creative investigation, students will explore the links between the participant, the researcher, the site and the impulse of inquiry.
Prereq: Level at least 3A
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 440)

DRAMA 490 WSP 0.50Course ID: 004723
Selected Seminars in Drama & Theatre Arts
Seminars in special areas of drama and theatre.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 491 WSP 0.50Course ID: 010105
Selected Seminars in Drama & Theatre Arts
Seminars in special areas of drama and theatre.
Department Consent Required

DRAMA 499A LEC 0.50Course ID: 004740
Senior Seminar
This course is designed to give the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation in her/his major area of concentration.
[Note: A grade for DRAMA/SPCOM 499A will be submitted only after the completion of DRAMA/SPCOM 499B.]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 499A)

DRAMA 499B LEC 0.50Course ID: 004741
Senior Seminar
This course is designed to give the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation in her/his major area of concentration. Second part of DRAMA/SPCOM 499.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Drama
(Cross-listed with SPCOM 499B)