English 107-01 Introduction to Drama Cushman /

Autumn 2002

Learning goals:

To gain a broad experience of the theatre: reading

plays, seeing plays, enjoying plays, thinking

about plays, talking about plays, writing about

plays.

To learn how to interpret/understand/enjoy a play.

To appreciate plays in their cultural and historical

contexts.

To gain insight into how a play is translated from

page to performance.

Texts: Klaus, Gilbert, Field, Stages of Drama. 3rd ed.

(St. Martin's)

Shakespeare, The Tempest (Signet)

Ibsen, An Enemy of the People (Oxford)

August 20 Introductory

22 O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock

27 Juno and the Paycock

29 Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

September 3 Cat

5 Cat

10 Baraka, Dutchman

12 Wilson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

17 Ma Rainey

19 Exam #1

Production of The Tempest

North Carolina Shakespeare Festival

20, 21 September at 2 / 26 September, 2, 3

October at 7:30 / 29 September, 5 October at 2

24 Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

26 Oedipus Rex

October 1 Anonymous, Everyman

3 Shakespeare, The Tempest

8 Tempest

10 Tempest

15 Fall Break

17 Ibsen, A Doll’s House

22 Doll’s House

24 Pinter, Landscape Production of

An Enemy of the People

29 An Enemy of the People UNCG

31 Enemy of the People 30, 31 October at 7:30 / 1, 2 November at 8 /

November 5 Enemy of the People 3 November at 2

7 Exam #2

12 Shaw, Pygmalion

14 Shaw, Pygmalion

19 Shaw, Pygmalion

21 Thanksgiving

26 Miller, Death of a Salesman

28 Salesman

December 3 Salesman

5 Salesman

10 Reading Day

12 Final Examination, 8 am

Calculation of Final Grade:

Quizzes 10%

Exam #1 20%

Exam #2 30%

Final 40%

Attendance: It is essential that you be present and that you come

to class prepared to talk about the plays.

You are allowed five unexcused cuts.

Cushman office hours: McIver 104

Thursday 2-4