Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Develop an approach to drama, theatre and performance of the twentieth century that appreciates the contribution of individual artists, theatre companies, and the scholarship of the period.
2. Develop skills of close reading of a play for a complex understanding of a context of the culture of composition and performance.
3. Develop a facility in the use of a critical continuum as an analytic tool to bring aspects of the study into relation as practice.
4. Engage in designing studio investigation as practical research into theatre history.
5. Develop individual writing skills to communicate one's own findings as written thought with clarity and appreciation for a reader.
6. Develop a facility to work with archival recordings, critical documents and performance analysis.
7. Practice collaborative research protocols and conduct lab experiments using the internet platforms.