ENG 358 STUDIES IN DRAMA: STOPPARD, PINTER, CHURCHILL
A shape-shifting fairy terrorizes two teen mothers in contemporary London. A philosophy professor struggles with the meaning of life while trapeze artists perform feats of daring high above his office. A story of adulterous lovers is related in reverse so that it ends happily—at the beginning. What connects these scenarios, besides their inherent “theatricality,” is that each describes the central action of a major 20th century British play. This course will look at the works of three prominent playwrights—Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, and Caryl Churchill—and consider how these contemporaries redefined the possibilities of theatre in the modern world.