Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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In 1896, F S Boas borrowed the term 'problem play' from contemporary theatre to describe plays he thought neither comedies nor tragedies, and unleashed a world of confusion. This course tackles the problem of Boas's legacy, and sets the problems posed in and by these plays in a more helpful light.
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