Courses

This graduate seminar course focuses on the theatre of Elizabethan England, with particular emphasis on London’s emergent commercial theatre from the 1560s through to the 1590s. It will introduce students to a range of plays in all genres, from Gorboduc to Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, with special attention to the output of John Lyly and Christopher Marlowe, and use these plays to explore aspects of Elizabeth theatre, including the playhouses, companies, repertory, playwriting, and the printing of plays. Special attention will be paid to the archival manuscript sources of theatre history and critical study, and a series of current critical debates about all aspects of this rich dramatic tradition.