Prerequisites: Thar 120 or Thar 121 and Permission of the Instructor.

Through specialized readings, writing assignments, and in-class acting exercises, the class will develop methods of interpreting Shakespeare's plays through theatrical practice. Topics include: Shakespeare's use of soliloquy, two and three-person scenes, the dramatic presentation of narrative source material, modes of defining and presenting the "worlds" of the plays, and the use of theatrical practice to establish authoritative text.