The document provides guidance for a course research project on a theatre topic. It lists potential topics such as early Greek theatre, Japanese Kabuki, playwrights Christopher Marlowe and Tennessee Williams. Students are asked to choose a topic and write a 5-7 page paper covering the general history, staging conventions if relevant, related plays or productions, and audience responses to the chosen theatre topic.

1. The course research project is a more formal research project on
a specific theatre topic studied or prominent in the field. The
project could be on one of the theatrical topics listed below:
*Early Theatre: The Greek City Dionysia Festival
*Japanese Kabuki Theatre
*Christopher Marlowe: The Other Elizabethan Playwright
*Lord Chamberlain's Men
*Londons Historic Drury Lane Theatre
*Tennessee Williams and Society's Outcasts
Areas that could be covered by this presentation include (but
are not limited by) the following:
*a general history of the period, event, playwright, etc.
*staging and production conventions, if applicable.
*plays and/or other related productions produced .
*audience responses to or involvement in theatre.

2. Think originality and creativity .. in Word, 5-7 pages