Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(Luc Gilleman, Wright 224, x3349)
Spring 20089
Where? Seelye 208
When? Mondays (M), Wednesdays (W) 2:404:00
Note: Expect changes!
Week I Theatre of Passion: America 19401950
M Jan 26 Introduction
W Jan 28 Eugene O'Neill, Long Day’s Journey into Night (1941publ.1956)
Week II
M Feb 02 (cont.)
W Feb 04 Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
Week III
M Feb 09 (cont.); Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949)
W Feb 11 (cont.)
Week IV LanguageOriented Realism: Britain 19501960
M Feb 16 John Osborne, Look Back in Anger (1956)
W Feb 18 Rally Day – no class
Week V
M Feb 23 Osborne (cont.) and Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey (1958)
W Feb 25 (cont.)
Week VI
M Mar 02 Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party (1959)
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W Mar 04 (cont.)
By now you should have written two 2pp papers and have posted them on Moodle. You
should also have two more ½ page postings on Moodle on weeks you didn’t write a 2pp
paper.
Week VII Talk Drama: America 19701980
M Mar 09 David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross (1983)
W Mar 11 Cont.
Week VIII
M Mar 16no class (spring recess)
W Mar 18 no class (spring recess)
Week IX
M Mar 23 class canceled: rehearsal week
W Mar 25 class canceled: rehearsal week
Week X
M Mar 30 Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class (1976).
W Apr 01 (cont.)
Week XI
M Apr 06 David Rabe, Hurlyburly (1984)
W Apr 08 (cont.)
Bring a draft of your 45 pp paper to class for peerediting.
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Week XII PerformanceOriented Theatre: Britain and America
M Apr 153 Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine (1979)
W Apr 15 (cont.)
Optional: You may give me a thoroughly revised new draft of your
45 pp paper for a brief comment. Submit it together with your peeredited draft.
Week XIII
M Apr 20 Tony Kushner, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia (Part One)
(1991)
W Apr 22 (cont.)
Week XIV
M Apr 27 Sarah Kane, Blasted (1995)
W Apr29 Last class.
By the end of the second half of the semester, you should have written two more 2pp
papers and posted them on Moodle. You should also have two more 1/2pp postings on
Moodle on weeks you didn’t hand in a 2pp paper. And by now, you should have written a
review of a theatrical production, handed in for a grade and posted on Moodle.
Friday, May 8, by 5pm: Your 45 pp paper (together with the peeredited draft and, if you
chose that option, the draft that bears my comments) is due in Wright Hall 224. Put
everything in an envelope with your name and box number—or, if you are graduating,
with your home address.
Sunday, May 18: Commencement