LIT396 other theatres

Bill mcdonnell Position: Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications

Course Outline The course will cover the emergence and development of ‘In the late 1960s a number of quite startling changes occurred in British theatre, changes which for the first time challenged the very basis of theatrical organisation, and heralded the beginning of the most consistently exciting decade of drama of the entire century’. John Bull The course will cover the emergence and development of Political Theatre ; Feminist Theatre ; Gay and Lesbian Theatre ; Black British and Asian British Theatre ; Avant garde and Experimental Theatre ; and Community Theatre We will study their histories, theatre philosophies, practices and key texts and productions. The alternative theatre movement raised critical and important questions about the relationship between art and politics, form and ideology, imagination and political activism. These questions will underpin the course. 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications

Assessment How is the module assessed? Performance Presentation – a group mark worth 60% of the overall module grade A Research Essay – an individual mark worth 40 % of the overall module grade 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications

Teaching format Practical workshop sessions in the theatre workshop, exploring representative texts and companies. Tutor and student-led presentations on chosen themes, drawing, where relevant, on documentary sources and films of performances. 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications

Other Information Core Text British Theatre Companies, 1965 – 1979, edited by John Bull (London: Routledge, 2017) 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications

Contact Information Course Tutor: w.g.mcdonnell@sheffield.ac.uk 20/05/2018 © The University of Sheffield / Department of Marketing and Communications