Australian Drama from 1955 to the Present Day

Institution: 
La Trobe University
Coordinator: 
Conkie, Dr Rob
Code: 
DRA2AUD / DRA3AUD
Year: 
2012
Levels: 
Undergraduate

This is a study of the development of Australian drama and theatre over the last 50 years, in the context of past and current policy and practice in the professional theatre. Students are engaged upon course-work based on a representative selection of texts from the period and Australian plays in performance.

Texts: 
Brisbane, Katharine [ed.] Australia Plays : New Australian Drama 1989 Drama
Tait, Peta [ed.]
Schafer, Elizabeth [ed.]
Australian Women's Drama : Texts and Feminisms 1997 Drama
Brisbane, Katharine [ed.] Plays of the 70s [Volume 1] 1998 Drama
Lawler, Ray Summer of the Seventeenth Doll 1955 Drama
Organisational Body: 
Theatre and Drama
Degrees: 
Bachelor of Arts
Assessment: 

Performance Analysis (1500 words) 38%

Group Presentation (Equivalence 1500 words) 37%

Research Forum (Equivalence 1000 words) 25%

Additional Information
Campus: 
Bundoora
Offering: 
Semester 1
Offered History: 
2011, 2010, 2009
Supplementary Texts: 

Holloway, P. (ed.), Contemporary Australian drama

Carroll, D., Australian contemporary drama

Radic, L., The state of play

Categories:
Unit Contexts: Drama/Theatre studies