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- Introduction: Staging a Play
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- Gwynn, from &1xbet online games login ;Introduction&1xbet online games login ; (1-19)
- Sophocles, Antigone (Quiz/Response #1)
- Selected Online Resources for Antigone: &1xbet online games login ;Study Guide Questions,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Selected Resources on Sophocles,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Antigone's Age: How old was Antigone? ,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Ismene - notes for a director or actress,&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;Creon: The Importance of Being Persuaded.&1xbet online games login ;
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- Antigone
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Gwynn, &1xbet online games login ; Medieval Drama,&1xbet online games login ; &1xbet online games login ;Elizabethan Drama,&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;The Comic Genres&1xbet online games login ; (19-23). Background on Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream [CP1]
Selected Online Resources for A Midsummer Night's Dream:
- An annotated hyperlinked edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides scene-by-scene annotations for words, phrases, and references;
- &1xbet online games login ;A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream&1xbet online games login ; by Hazel K. Davis, Federal Hocking High School, Stewart, OH provides plot summary by act and scene, study questions, teaching suggestions; it is also available as a pdf document. (HMTL link courtesy of the Internet Archive.)
- &1xbet online games login ;A Midsummer Night's Dream @ WebEnglish Teacher&1xbet online games login ; provides links to web resources for teaching Shakespeare, including lesson plans provided by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Some background on the Elizabethan theater.
- &1xbet online games login ;Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet&1xbet online games login ; is an award-winning site of resources on the Renaissance theater, Shakespeare, and his plays. For information about life in the Renaissance, also try the resources on &1xbet online games login ;Elizabethan England&1xbet online games login ; at the Shakespeare Resource Center and the links provided at Renaissance: The Elizabethan World.
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- Midsummer
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Midsummer; Performance Troupe #1 |
February |
U 1 |
- Midsummer; Historical Context for Midsummer [CP2] (Quiz/Response #2)
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Background on Restoration theater [CP3]; Behn, The Rover, Acts I and II [CP3]
Selected online resources for The Rover:
- A chronology of Behn's life.
- A recent 1xbet online games login (Jan 22- Feb 20, 2005) of The Rover at The Chance Theater (O.C., California) adapts Behn's play for a contemporary setting and situation -- a review by Melinda Schuppman (Back Stage West), linked from the main page, provides some details about this 1xbet online games login . Further information is available from the adaptor's site.
- The set design for a 1xbet online games login of The Rover at the Willamette University Theater (Salem, Oregon) during the 1992-1993 season.
- Program information and photos from a 1xbet online games login at the University of Michigan in 2004.
- A review of a 2002 1xbet online games login of The Rover set in contemporary New Orleans during Mardi Gras
- Several photographs of Jeremy Irons as Willamore in a 1xbet online games login of The Rover with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, and Photo 4. (Images courtesy of Live on Stage.)
- For cultural context, visit the Eighteenth Century England site (University of Michigan), especially the pages devoted to &1xbet online games login ;Perspectives on Theatre Culture (1660-1737)&1xbet online games login ; and &1xbet online games login ;The World Upside Down: Eighteenth Century Masquerades,&1xbet online games login ; particularly its section on &1xbet online games login ;Gender and Sexuality at the Masquerade.&1xbet online games login ;
- For fashion during the period of Behn's play, view fashion plates of a lady's French winter dress for 1677, a summer dress for 1678, and an informal winter dress for 1678. A milliner's shop c.1680 shows fancy items of men's wear on display, while other plates show men's fashion for the winter of 1678, the summer of 1678, and for a Spanish captain c.1700 -- and note that swords are part of these ensembles.
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- The Rover, Acts III, IV, and V (Quiz/Response #3)
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T 13 |
- The Rover
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U 15 |
The Rover; Performance Troupe #2 |
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T 20 |
- Gwynn, &1xbet online games login ;Realistic Drama, the Modern Stage, and Beyond&1xbet online games login ; (23-24); &1xbet online games login ;Modern Drama&1xbet online games login ; (xeroxed handout); Ibsen's A Doll House (Gwynn 201-264) (Quiz/Response #4)
- Selected online resources for A Doll House:
- A brief biography of Ibsen, and a more detailed biography.
- Some reading/discussion questions for A Doll House.
- SparkNotes provides an analysis of the main characters and the themes, motifs, and symbols of Ibsen's A Doll House: Do 1xbet online games login agree with these interpretations? How would 1xbet online games login develop the interpretations further?
- For information about Ibsen's writing of the play and the play's production history, visit &1xbet online games login ;Notes on A Doll's House,&1xbet online games login ; compiled in conjunction with Northern State University Theatre's 2003 production. 1xbet online games login can also view photos of the 1xbet online games login .
- Pictures of Tara Fitzgerald as Nora in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company's 1xbet online games login of A Doll 's House. (Larger versions of the pictures ar available, too.)
- A review of a minimialist 1xbet online games login staged at The Playhouse in Oxford, England in 2004.
- &1xbet online games login ;ACT draws out sexual politics in 'Doll's House'&1xbet online games login ; offers a detailed review of a 1xbet online games login at the American Conservatory Theatre (San Fransico, CA) in January 2004.
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U 22 |
- A Doll House; &1xbet online games login ;Critical Context&1xbet online games login ; readings (xeroxed handout)
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A Doll House; Performance Troupe #3 |
March |
U 1 |
- Glaspell, Trifles (Gwynn 265-278) (Quiz/Response #5)
- Selected online resources for Trifles: A well-chosen series of links assembled at Web English Teacher on &1xbet online games login ;Susan Glaspell, Trifles.&1xbet online games login ;
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T 6 |
Trifles; Glaspell, &1xbet online games login ;A Jury of Her Peers&1xbet online games login ; [CP2]. Working (draft) thesis claim for Paper #1 (1-2 sentences in length) |
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- Wilder, &1xbet online games login ;Preface&1xbet online games login ; and The Skin of Our Teeth (Quiz/Response #6)
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- Selected online resources for The Skin of Our Teeth:
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M 12 |
Paper due by 5 p.m. to my mailbox in ECS 119 (4 pages) |
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T 13 |
- Skin of Our Teeth
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U 15 |
Skin of Our Teeth; Performance Troupe #4 |
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Spring Break |
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T 27 |
- David Ives, Sure Thing (Gwynn 546-556); Performance Troupe #5
- Selected online resources for Sure Thing:
- A series of study questions from Longman
- A 1xbet online games login photo from a performance at Burlington County Community College, a photo from a performance by The Drama Group (Philadelphia, PA), and a photo of William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman performing Ives's one-act for the JAI Playwrights Conference (2004).
- A brief biography of Ives from Bedford/St. Martin's
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No Class -- Work on performance review |
April |
T 3 |
Researching and drafting the performance review |
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U 5 |
- Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (Quiz/Response #7)
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- Selected online resources for A Streetcar Named Desire:
- A range of resources are available from the page created by the Hippodrome State Theater (Gainesville, FL), &1xbet online games login ;Tennesse Williams, The Playwright,&1xbet online games login ; including a biography and links to letters exchanged between Williams and the actress Jessica Tandy (who played Blanche in the NY premiere), discussion topics, and information about the poetic references in the play.
- The Crossroads project for Streetcar at UVA provides information about and photos from the originial Broadway 1xbet online games login , the original film 1xbet online games login , and other productions, as well as links to information about Willliams and Streetcar.
- A web page on Williams' play, assembled by two instructors, includes a definition of expressionism, detailed study questions, an image of the Van Gogh painting Williams refers to in his stage directions. (Try the Internet Archive version of this page, if it does not load.)
- A discussion of the stage design for a recent 1xbet online games login of Streetcar in Washington, D.C.
- A link to the transcript of a PBS discussion of the play in honor of its 50th anniversary.
- The New York Times theater review (4 Dec 1947) of the play's opening performance (notable for what is left unsaid about Williams' themes).
- A review of a 1xbet online games login in London at the Footlight Club in 2003 which praises the actress for her interpretation of Blanche.
- A review of a 1xbet online games login in Croatia includes two 1xbet online games login photos showing the stage design as well as indicating the global reach of Williams' play.
- Some 1xbet online games login photos from a performance which emphasized the role of light in its staging and interpretation of the play.
- Some interesting cultural history about the play's creation and its most famous productions, as well as information about the Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest that takes place each spring in New Orleans.
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- Streetcar
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U 12 |
Streetcar |
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Performance Review due by 5 p.m. to my mailbox in ECS119 (For guidance for citing sources -- especially online resources -- see &1xbet online games login ;Humanities: Documenting Sources.&1xbet online games login ;) |
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- Wilson, Fences (Gwynn 479-545) (Quiz/Response #8)
- Selected online resources for Fences:
- A detailed biography of Wilson with information about his plays.
- A biography compiled by Dartmouth College in honor of Wilson's visit there in 1998.
- The Arden Theater (Philadephia, PA) has a number of resources to supplement their current 1xbet online games login of Fences: a discussion of Wilson's play cycle, of which Fences is a part; a study guide; and a link to 1xbet online games login photos.
- Dr. Sharon Sellers provides a series of discussion questions by character and themes. (Link courtesy of the Internet Archive.)
- Professor Bill Dynes' &1xbet online games login ;Fences&1xbet online games login ; page has discussion questions and links to information about the Negro League.
- View the art of Romare Bearden (1912-1988), whom Wilson has cited as an influence on his own art: &1xbet online games login ;The Family&1xbet online games login ; (c.1941), &1xbet online games login ;Family&1xbet online games login ; (1988), &1xbet online games login ;Home Time&1xbet online games login ; (1970), &1xbet online games login ;Roots Odyssey&1xbet online games login ; (1976), &1xbet online games login ;Alto Composite&1xbet online games login ; (1974), and &1xbet online games login ;Piano Lesson&1xbet online games login ;(1983), as well as a photo of Bearden.
- View archival photos of African Americans during WWII, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
- 1xbet online games login photos from a 1xbet online games login by the Curious Theater Company in 2001.
- Information about a current 1xbet online games login of Fences at the Port City Playhouse (Alexandria, VA), which includes links to reviews of the performance. Note, too, the image they've chosen to advertise and represent the play.
- 1xbet online games login photos from a 1xbet online games login of Fences in 2003 by Michigan State University Theater. Note the image they have selected to advertise and present the play.
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Fences; Historical and cultural context readings [CP2] |
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T 24 |
- Fences
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U 26 |
- Fugard, &1xbet online games login ;Master Harold&1xbet online games login ;...and the Boys (Gwynn 437-478) (Quiz/Response #9)
- Selected online resources for &1xbet online games login ;Master Harold&1xbet online games login ;...and the Boys:
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May |
T 1 |
- &1xbet online games login ;Master Harold&1xbet online games login ;...and the Boys
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U 3 |
- Review for Final Exam
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M 7 |
- Final Exam: Short Answer and Essay, 9:40-11:30 a.m.
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