PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies 84 months PHD Program By The University of Warwick |Top Universities
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Program Duration

84 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Research supervision available within 2 main areas: theatre history and historical reconstruction: ancient theatre and its conventions; modern productions of ancient theatre; Adolphe Appia; stages and theatres of Italian Renaissance; Jacobean masque; Max Reinhardt; computer-based reconstructions of historical theatre sites and settings; Stanislavsky and Brecht; women playwrights from the Restoration to the present day; 17th-century French theatre and drama; history of lighting and stage design; computer-based reconstructions of theatre architecture and stage practices; English late 16th- and 17th-century drama and theatre; late 19th- and 20th-century performance traditions; Shakespeare in international context and the 20th century; Ibsen and Strindberg; restoration and Georgian theatre; 20th-century English, French, German and Scandinavian drama; contemporary theatre and performance: work of Caryl Churchill; contemporary Shakespearean performance; English contemporary performance and live art; performance theory; cultural representation and politics of sexuality and identity; work of John McGrath; post-war British theatre; theatre and national identity; Shakespeare in international context.

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Research supervision available within 2 main areas: theatre history and historical reconstruction: ancient theatre and its conventions; modern productions of ancient theatre; Adolphe Appia; stages and theatres of Italian Renaissance; Jacobean masque; Max Reinhardt; computer-based reconstructions of historical theatre sites and settings; Stanislavsky and Brecht; women playwrights from the Restoration to the present day; 17th-century French theatre and drama; history of lighting and stage design; computer-based reconstructions of theatre architecture and stage practices; English late 16th- and 17th-century drama and theatre; late 19th- and 20th-century performance traditions; Shakespeare in international context and the 20th century; Ibsen and Strindberg; restoration and Georgian theatre; 20th-century English, French, German and Scandinavian drama; contemporary theatre and performance: work of Caryl Churchill; contemporary Shakespearean performance; English contemporary performance and live art; performance theory; cultural representation and politics of sexuality and identity; work of John McGrath; post-war British theatre; theatre and national identity; Shakespeare in international context.

Admission requirements

3+
7+
Jan-2000

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