Tuesday night, Dec. 17

Finish reading Act II of Tartuffe.

For Tuesday, Dec. 17

Finish reading Act I of Moliere's 17th-century satirical comedy:  Tartuffe!!

Be sure to consult the CAST page so you can keep the characters straight.

For Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Go online and finish the play!

Once you finish reading, either (a) listen to the Audio performance, or (b) watch a YouTube.

(Scroll down to Monday's blog entry to see these links.)

We'll hear class clowns read Paul Schmitt's translation of Chekhov's play on Tuesday.  Also, be sure to bring your brown textbook to class on Tuesday.

For Theatre Arts students who didn't enter Poetry Out Loud selections Monday:  please go to the Poetry Out Loud website tonight and make your two selections -- one shorter poem (25 ll. or less), and one longer poem (26 ll. or more).  At least one of your two poems has to have a pre-1900 publication date.  As you'll see, the P.O.L. site is designed to help you make these choices:  link to the Poetry Out Loud web site.  All poems must come from the P.O.L. site!

For Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 -- "The Brute" (= "The Bear" = "The Boor"), by Anton Chekhov (1893)

Read Chekhov's one-act play "The Brute" online:  Full text of the Play (here, it's called "The Bear," but it's virtually the same as "The Brute").

WAIT~  You'd prefer to hear it read aloud?  Audio rendition of the play.

Filmed versions of plays are notoriously bad -- something about film or video can suck the life out of a good play!!  Still, a YouTube rendition might help you get familiar with the play (here, it's translated as "The Boor"), especially if you see a performance for a live audience:  The Boor, by Anton Chekhov.
(This comes from a high school one-act play contest.)

For Friday's Class, on Dec. 6, 2013

Familiarize yourself with our brown textbook.  Find at least two (2) pictures (i.e., production shots) of plays that you know.  (The clause "you know" can be taken loosely for purposes of this assignment -- that is, it's fine to substitute the expression "you've heard of.")  Be ready to tell us if the pictures you've chosen are consistent with your expectations about the play -- and if so, why -- or whether the pictures are inconsistent with what you expect -- and if they're inconsistent, why?

For Monday's and Tuesday's assignments, see this blog!