Week One: Irish Mythology and the Celtic Revival
Preparatory Reading: “Introduction” of Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama, pp.ix-xx.
3/28 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Introduction and The Reader Prepares
1 – 4 Workshops
3/29 (Tues.)
10 – 12 9,000 Years of Irish History
1 – 4 Workshops
3/30 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion: Uisce Beatha and The Secret of Roan Inish
3/31 (Thurs.)
1 – 5 Open rehearsal time
Week Two: William Butler Yeats
Preparatory Reading: “Cathleen Ní Houlihan,” “The Only Jealousy of Emer,” “At the Hawk’s Well,” and “On Baile’s Strand”
4/4 (Mon.)
10 – 12 The Abbey Theatre
1 – 4 Workshops
4/5 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
4/6 (Wed.)
10 – 1 “The Dead” (original short story), James Joyce’s The Dead (full video of the film) and Noh Theatre (video)
4/7 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
Week Three: Lady Gregory and John M. Synge
Preparatory Reading: “The Rising of the Moon,” “Spreading the News,” “The Playboy of the Western World,” and “Riders to the Sea”
4/11 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Capturing Traditional Ireland on Stage
1 – 4 Workshops
4/12 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
4/13 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
4/14 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
FIRST ESSAY – CELTIC REVIVAL – DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 5 pm: Please send by e-mail to your seminar faculty as a pdf (not as a Word file or some other format).
Week Four: Oscar Wilde
Preparatory Reading: “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “A Woman of No Importance”
4/18 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
4/19 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
4/20 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
4/21 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
Week Five: Sean O’Casey
Preparatory Reading: “Juno and the Paycock”
4/25 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
4/26 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
4/27 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
4/28 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
Week Six: Samuel Beckett and Brendan Behan
Preparatory Reading: “Krapp’s Last Tape”
5/2 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
5/3 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
5/4 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
5/5 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
SECOND ESSAY – CHALLENGING TIMES – DUE FRIDAY, MAY 6, 5 pm: Please send by e-mail to your seminar faculty as a pdf (not as a Word file or some other format).
Week Seven: Brian Friel
Preparatory Reading: “Translations” and “Molly Sweeney”
5/9 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
5/10 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
5/11 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
5/12 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
Week Eight: Conor McPherson and Martin McDonagh
Preparatory Reading: “The Weir” and “A Skull in Connemara”
5/16 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
5/17 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
5/18 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
5/19 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
Week Nine: Marina Carr
Preparatory Reading: “By the Bog of Cats”
5/23 (Mon.)
10 – 12 Lecture
1 – 4 Workshops
5/24 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
5/25 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
5/26 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
THIRD ESSAY – CONTEMPORARY IRELAND – DUE FRIDAY, MAY 27, 5 pm: Please send by e-mail to your seminar faculty as a pdf (not as a Word file or some other format).
Week Ten: Wrapping Up!
Preparatory Reading: TBA
5/30 (Mon.)
all day Memorial Day; no class meetings
5/31 (Tues.)
10 – 12 Seminars
1 – 4 Workshops
6/1 (Wed.)
10 – 1 Film and discussion
6/2 (Thurs.)
1 – 4 Open rehearsal time
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