COM 3420 Acting IV: Shakespeare

Explores the unique challenges facing actors who seek to make Shakespeare's plays accessible and meaningful to audiences today. Students will explore various performative aspects of Shakespeare's texts, including the complexities of scansion, building in speeches, word images and other language clues, physicality in Shakespeare, and character patterns

Credits

2

Prerequisite

COM 2410 Acting I or COM 2420 Acting II must be completed prior to taking this course.

Offered

Spring, odd-numbered years