THETR 266:
Class Schedule, S23
1/17 T
In Class:
Introductions and schedules, grading, syllabus, etc.
Drama and Theatre
Home:
Read Handout
1/19 TH
In Class:
Romanticism into Realism lecture
How to read a play: Three Steps
Home:
Read The Count of Monte Cristo (Hand-out)
1/24 T Last Day to add/Register for Spring Classes
In Class: Monte Cristo Quiz
Discuss Theme, Symbol, Metaphor
Discuss Monte Cristo
Home:
Read Brustein: Chapter one
1/26 TH
Henrik Ibsen, Realism, and The Dawning of the Twentieth Century
In Class:
Ibsen Lecture
Dramatic Structure and Plot
Watch excerpts of video of A Doll’s House: Discuss
Home:
Read A Doll's House
A Doll's House Homework Questions
Watch: A Doll’s House, Last Scene
Watch: Symbolism, Realism, and a Nordic Playwright Grudge Match
1/31 T
Due:
A Doll's House Homework
In Class:
Discuss A Doll's House
Compare The Count of Monte Cristo to A Doll’s House
Home:
Read Brustein: Chapter two
2/2 TH
In Class:
Strindberg Lecture
Watch: Maggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson scene from The Father
Home:
Read The Father
The Father Homework Questions
2/7 T Last Day to Drop without a grade of "W"
Due:
The Father Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss The Father
Home:
Read Brustein: chapter three
2/9 TH
Symbolism and Expressionism
Symbolism and Expressionism lecture
Chekhov Lecture
Video of excerpts from The Seagull
Home:
Read The Seagull
The Seagull Homework Questions
2/14 T
Due: The Seagull Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss The Seagull
Questions about The Seagull
Seagull video clip.
Home:
Read Brustein: chapter four
2/16 TH
In Class:
G.B. Shaw Lecture
Home:
Read Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man Homework Questions
2/21 T
Due:
Arms and the Man Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss Arms and the Man
Home:
Read Brustein: chapter fivess
2/23 TH
In Class:
Eugene O’Neill Lecture
Video of Anna Christie
Assign Final Paper
Discussion regarding Anna Christie content.
O'Neill Gravesite Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Home:
Read Anna Christie
Anna Christie Homework Questions
2/28 T
Due: Anna Christie Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss Anna Christie
Watch: Interview of members of the 1993 NY production of Anna Christie
Home:
Read Brustein: chapter eight.
3/2 TH
Sophie Treadwell
In Class:
Sophie Treadwell Lecture
Expressionism Lecture
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0iIlnk4ZsQ
Home:
Read Machinal
Machinal Homework Questions
Watch Video of Roundabout's Machinal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkOnD27BYoU
3/7 T
Due: Machinal Homework Questions
In Class:
Susan Glaspell Lecture
Discuss Machinal
Home:
Read Trifles by Susan Glaspell
https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/full-texts-of-classic-works/trifles-by-susan-glaspell-full-text-of-the1916-one-act-play/
3/9 TH
In Class: Discuss Trifles and how it relates to Machinal
Home: Begin work on final paper proposal
Brustein: chapter seven
S P R I N G B R E A K (3/13 - 3/17)
3/ 21 T
Post-war theatre, literature, and art
In Class:
Post-war theatre, literature, and art lecture.
Watch Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd308_SiF1c
Home:
Finish Watching Broadway's Dreamers
Watch The Federal Theatre and Group Theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLZDFHnnwk
3/23 TH
In Class:
Pirandello Lecture
Video of Six Characters in Search of an Author
Assign Final Paper, discuss writing proposals
Home:
Read Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author Homework Questions
3/24 W Last Day to Drop Without a Grade of "F"
3/28 T
Due:
Six Characters in Search of an Author Homework Questions
In class:
Discuss Six Characters . . .
Home:
Read Brustein: chapter six. Work on Final Paper proposals
3/30 TH
Berthold Brecht
In Class:
Video of The Caucasian Chalk Circle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-2JU5ndF_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QlgwXiRZk
Home:
Read The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Homework Questions
Watch Brecht Devices (Verfremdungseffekt):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Y6GU3H0xw
4/4 T
Due:
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Home:
Work on Final Paper proposals
4/3 - 4/7 Registration
4/6 TH
Samuel Beckett
In Class:
Theatre of the Absurd Lecture
Samuel Beckett Lecture
Buster Keaton: The Hat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PPscZEDVIc
Waiting for Godot:
Video of Waiting for Godot (Burgess Meridith and Zero Mostel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvjoyEQZza4
Video of "Explaining Godot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWWuxIIhFEU
Video of Waiting for Godot (From Beckett on Film) Pozzo and Lucky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuxISg9tjHk
Lucky's "thinking" speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQToJ9RR-4
Home:
Read Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot Homework Questions
4/11 T
Due: Waiting for Godot Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss Waiting for Godot (Videos of Short Beckett Plays if time permits)
Home:
Finish Final Paper Proposals
4/13 TH
Due:
FINAL PAPER PROPOSALS DUE. ALL REVIEW AND MAKE UP WORK DUE! (Hard Deadline)
In Class:
Questions about final paper
4/17 M Patriots' Day University closed
4/18 T
Harold Pinter
In Class:
Harold Pinter Lecture
Video of The Birthday Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zEi1MWZI0 (With Robert Shaw as Stanley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4K__NRJSDg (With Pinter as Goldberg.)
Video of The Dumbwaiter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYV0sbzEIJQ
Home:
The Birthday Party Homework Questions
4/20 TH
Due: The Birthday Party Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss The Birthday Party
Home:
Finish Final Paper Proposals
4/25 T
Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones)
Due: Remaining Proposal updates
In Class:
Amiri Baraka lecture
Video of Why is We Americans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fysWZC6o1U
(He quotes John Coltrane's Equinox) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2HN2y0yV8
(Described by Dr Lewis Porter as "Coltrane was a serious blues player and his blues pieces reflect the desire to get back to a primal mood, and away from the emotionally lighter, harmonically more complicated and complex blues of the boppers."
Amiri Baraka on Dutchman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkhL70D2ZB0
Video of Dutchman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRoOAmtHsQ
Home:
Read Dutchman
Dutchman Homework Questions
4/27 TH
Due:
Dutchman Homework Questions
In Class:
Discuss Dutchman Homework Questions
Final Exam Period: Final Exam Monday, May 8, 02:00PM - 04:30PM, Sawyer, Room 132. Attendance is required.
Honors presentations will be presented at this time as well.