VPDP 11H3

Theatre History II
Early Modern Popular Theatre

Matt Jones
mf.jones@mail.utoronto.ca

Todays class
Course policies, syllabus, assignments
Overview of the era from the Renaissance to World War I
Pecha Kucha examples

Academic Integrity
http://academicintegrity.utoronto.ca/perils-and-pitfalls

Writing assistance
Writing Centre @ UTSC:
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/twc/welcome
Workshops on academic writing
One-on-one consultations

Pecha Kucha
pechakucha.org
Theatre Can Be Anywhere
Performing Abstract Systems
Community Theatre
Project Tobong
Professional Puppets
Colonial Postcards
Christchurch Free Theatre

By their performances shall ye know them

- Victor Turner

Early Modern Popular Theatre

What is:
Modern?
Popular?
Theatre?

Modernity
Rationalism
Disenchantment
Progress
Self-fashioning
Urbanization
Capitalism

Popular
1.Prevalent or current among the general public; generally accepted,
commonly known.
4a.Intended for or suited to the understanding or taste of ordinary
people, esp. as opposed to specialists in a field;spec.(of literature,
etc.) intended for and directed at a general readership.
5.Aware of or cultivating the favour of the populace. Also: supporting
the cause of the common people (rather than that of the nobility, etc.)
7a.Liked or admired by many people, or by a particular person or group
7b.Designating forms of art, music, or culture with general appeal;
intended primarily to entertain, please, or amuse.

Theatre
Theatre?
Drama?
Performance?

Richard Schechner, 1973

Richard Schechner, 1973

Reading:
Zarrilli et al, pp. 169-179
Begin Shakespeares Othello

On Wednesday

The whole course, in brief, backwards.

featuri
ng:

Wars!
Revolutions!
The end of
civilization!