Drama and Theatre Option

This list comprises 2021-22 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted for credit towards your Drama & Theatre program.

This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2021-22. These courses in a different year may not necessarily count towards your Drama & Theatre program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.

Courses are listed below by the program requirements they fulfill.

Course descriptions may be found here: https://www.mcgill.ca/english/undergrad/2021-2022-undergraduate-courses.

Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.

Theory and Criticism:

317: Theory of English Studies 1: Philosophical Approaches (fall)
319: Theory of English Studies 3: Cultural Theory Now (winter)
322: Theories of the Text: How We Read Now: Close Reading, Criticism, and the “Rise of English” (winter)
346: Materiality and Sociology of the Text (winter)

Courses in Theatre History:

308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (fall)
313: Canadian Drama and Theatre: Modern Quebec Theatre (fall)
315: Shakespeare (fall)
331: Literature Romantic Period 1: Writings of Late 18th-Century London (fall)
356: Middle English: Medieval English Drama (fall)
370: Theatre History: The Long 18^th Century (fall)
371: Theatre History, 19^th to 21^st Centuries: U.S. Popular Entertainments, 1820-1940 (winter)
395: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Is Shakespeare Modern? (winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (fall)
431: Studies in Drama: Black Theatre and Drama (winter)
486: Special Topics in Theatre History: History of Costume, 1800-1969 (winter)

Courses in Drama and Theatre Before 1900:

308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (fall)
315: Shakespeare (fall)
331: Literature Romantic Period 1: Writings of Late 18th-Century London (fall)
356: Middle English: Medieval English Drama (fall)
370: Theatre History: The Long 18^th Century (fall)
371: Theatre History, 19^th to 21^st Centuries: U.S. Popular Entertainments, 1820-1940 (winter)
395: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Is Shakespeare Modern? (winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (fall)

400-level:

416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (fall)
431: Studies in Drama: Black Theatre and Drama (winter)
460: Studies in Literary Theory: Theorizing the Comic (fall)
466: Directing for the Theatre (fall/winter)
486: Special Topics in Theatre History: History of Costume, 1800-1969 (winter)

Canadian Component:

313: Canadian Drama and Theatre: Modern Quebec Theatre (fall)

Performance Oriented Courses:

269: Introduction to Performance (winter)
365: Costuming for the Theatre I (fall)
368: Stage, Scenery and Lighting 1 (fall)
372: Stage, Scenery and Lighting 2 (fall)
375: Interpretation of the Dramatic Text: Acting Simulations for Couples and Family Therapy (fall/winter)
377: Costuming for the Theatre II (winter)
430: Studies in Drama: Stage and Production Management for Performance (winter)
466: Directing for the Theatre (fall/winter)

Shakespeare:

315: Shakespeare (fall)
395: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Is Shakespeare Modern? (winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (fall)

Courses with a Theoretical Component:

395: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Is Shakespeare Modern? (winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (fall)
460: Studies in Literary Theory: Theorizing the Comic (fall)

Additional courses:

All of the above courses can count as additional courses on the audit sheet if they are not fulfilling another particular requirement.