Tennessee Williams, Wole Soyinka, and George Bernard Shaw. (Left image courtesy of the Library of Congress; center and right images taken from Wikipedia.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Diana Henderson
MIT Course Number
21L.486
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course analyzes major modern plays featuring works by Shaw, Pirandello, Beckett, Brecht, Williams, Soyinka, Hwang, Churchill, Wilson, Frayn, Stoppard, Deveare Smith, and Kushner. The class particularly considers performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the world of modern multimedia.
