Theatre History Course
Trace theatre history from Greek tragedy to postdramatic performance while building tools you can use in rehearsal, directing, and teaching. Connect classic plays to contemporary practice and strengthen your artistic choices on any stage. This course equips you with practical skills for performance, direction, and education in a vibrant, hands-on way.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Explore a compact, high-impact course that traces performance from Greek tragedy and medieval cycles through Renaissance stages, realism, modernism, and postdramatic work. Gain concrete tools for close reading, staging, acting choices, and ensemble devising, plus ready-to-use classroom activities, comparative frameworks, and timelines that immediately strengthen creative projects and teaching practice.
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Develop skills
- Analyze classic plays: quickly decode structure, style, and staging demands.
- Apply historical acting methods: adapt Greek, Renaissance, and realist tools onstage.
- Direct scenes with theory in mind: use Brecht, absurdism, and realism in rehearsal.
- Devise contemporary work: blend postdramatic, multimedia, and collaborative tactics.
- Build teaching-ready timelines: design tight, high-impact theatre history lessons.
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