View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by VCU Scholars Compass Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2006 Teaching Theatre History: Re-Directing an Existing Course Brian Robert Vrtis Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons © The Author Downloaded from http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/750 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. O Brian Robert Vrtis, 2006 All Rights Reserved TEACHING THEATRE HISTORY: RE-DIRECTING AN EXISTING COURSE A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master's of Fine Arts in Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University. BRIAN ROBERT VRTIS Bachelor of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001 Master of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006 Director: DR. NOREEN C. BARNES DIRECTOR OF GRADUTE STUDIES, THEATRE Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia May 2006 Acknowledgement My thanks go out to my family, for their support during my education, to the faculty of VCU for the opportunities that they have presented here, to my wife, Catherine, for convincing me to continue my education, and for her continued support throughout these three years. Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. v Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1: BEGINNINGS ........................................................................... 1 Medieval Readings ..................................................................................... 16. 2 CHAPTER 2: CLASS SETTING ..................................................................