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Introduction - To an Experiment and a Century
Objectives: To provide some basic grounding in the historical period, to establish the parameters of this subject, and to adapt our plan to fit the interests of our student participants. |
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| 2 |
Discussion of Brecht's Galileo
Objectives: To examine one twentieth-century playwright's artistic practice, to establish our abilities and approaches as readers of drama, and to consider the reasons for writing historical drama set in the seventeenth century. |
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| 3 |
Galileo in Historical Perspective: Developing Questions |
Preliminary self-assessment due |
| 4 |
Discussion of King Lear |
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| 5 |
The Changes Across a Century: The Example of Tate's King Lear |
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| 6 |
Discussion with Historian of Science Arne Hessenbruch |
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| 7 |
John Ford's The Broken Heart
Optional Event: Literature presentation by playwright Max Hafler: "Faustus: Adapting and Directing the Elizabethan Bad Boy, Christopher Marlowe." |
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| 8 |
Guest Scholar |
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| 9 |
Discussion of Brome's The Antipodes and Caroline Theater |
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| 10 |
Discussion of Shirley's The Cardinal |
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| 11 |
Visit from Prof. Mary Campbell, Poet and Author of Wonder and Science |
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| 12 |
Visit from Prof. Ellen Harris on Davenant and Music |
5-page paper/research write-up due |
| 13 |
Prof. Sonenberg's Solo Day |
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| 14 |
The Civil War, in History and Art |
Topics for theatrical experiments due |
| 15 |
Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire |
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| 16 |
Poetry, Language, Wit |
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| 17 |
Discussion of Two Versions of Hydriotaphia |
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| 18-19 |
Experiments, Round One |
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| 20 |
Reports and Discussion |
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| 21-22 |
Reports and Break-outs |
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| 23-24 |
That Which Needs Doing |
10-page paper/project due |
| 25-26 |
Experiments, Round Two |
Concluding self-assessment due |