DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND THEATRE ARTS

College of Arts and Letters

THEATRE 10 Course Outline

Course No.:                 Theatre 10

Course Title:                 Onstage, Offstage

Course Description:      A window to the world of the theatre, its humanizing role in

society and its relationship to the other arts.

Prerequisites:                None 

Course Credit:              3.0 units

Domain:                        Arts & Humanities

                                                                                                Time distribution

I.                    The Nature of Theatre                                                  Week 1

II.                 The Elements of  Drama                                                Week 2

III.               The Major Forms of Drama                                          Week 3

A.                 Tragedy

B.                 Melodrama

C.                 Comedy

D.                 Didactic drama

IV.              The Pendulum Theatre Theory

A.     Presentational Staging                                             Weeks 4 - 9

1.   Greek Theatre

2.   Medieval Theatre

3.      Elizabethan Theatre

4.      Expressionistic Theatre

5.      Epic Theatre

6.      Absurdist Theatre

7.      Asian Theatre

B.     Representational Staging                                         Weeks 10 - 11

1.      Naturalism

2.      Realism

V.                 The Theatre Practice

A.     Theatre Artists (Artistic and Production Staff)          Weeks 12 - 14

1.      The Actor and Acting

2.      The Director and Directing

3.      The Designers

4.      Stage Designer

5.      Light Designer

6.      Costume Designer

7.      Production and Stage Managers

 B. The Performance                                                     Weeks 15 - 16

1.      The Stage

2.      The Audience

Reading List

1. PLAYS

a.       Oedipus by Sophocles

b.      Everyman - Anonymous

c.       Hamlet by Shakespeare

d.      Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostan

e.       Waiting for Godot by Beckett

f.        Death of a Salesman by Miller

g.       Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino by Joaquin

h.       Dulaang UP plays to be staged during the semester

2. BOOKS

Albright, H.D.; Halstead, William P.; and Mitchell, Lee. Principles of Theatre

Arts. Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1955.

Brockett, Oscar. Essentials of Theatre. USA Holt, Rinehart and Winston,

 Inc., 1996

Brown, John Russell. What is Theatre? Oxford: Focal Press, 1997.

Hatlen, Theodore. Orientation to the Theater. USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987

Heffner, Hubert; Selden, Samuel; and Sellman, Hunton.  Modern Theatre

Practice.  New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1959.

Smiley, Sam.  Playwriting: The Structure of Action.

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971.

3. VIDEO TAPES TO BE WATCHED

a.       Noises Off

b.      Hamlet

c.       Cyrano de Bergerac

d.      Streetcar Named Desire

e.       Death of a Salesman

4. AUDIOTAPE

            a. Oedipus Rex

Course Requirements

Attendance

Reaction papers to plays/movies watched

Scene Studies / Group reports

Quizzes / Exams

Actual Production Work