Shakespeare

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction and Overview
2	Film Screening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3	A Midsummer Night’s Dream
4	A Midsummer Night’s Dream (cont.)
5	Much Ado About Nothing
6	Film Screening of Much Ado About Nothing
7	Much Ado About Nothing (cont.)
		Paper 1 due (exploring the relationship between an episode in performance-screen or live-and the written text)
8	Much Ado About Nothing (cont.)
9	Othello
10	Othello (cont.)
11	Othello (cont.)
12	Hamlet
13	Hamlet: Performance Groups Assigned
		Revision of paper 1 due
14	Hamlet (cont.)
15	Performance Group Meetings
16	Hamlet (cont.)
17	Hamlet (cont.) Begin Henry IV, Part I	Course status email (PDF)
		Paper 2 due (close reading with attention to theme and language)
18	Henry IV, Part I. Section Reports
19	Film Screening of Laurence Olivier’s Henry V (1944)
20	Group Rehearsals
21	Film Screening of Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V (1989)
22	Henry IV and Henry V. Section Reports. And/Or Guest Designer
23	Henry V. Section Reports, if not completed.
		Performances (Scenes from Hamlet, Henry IV, and Henry V)
24	King Lear	Optional paper 2 revision due
25	Film Screening of Ran
26	King Lear
27	King Lear (cont.)
28	The Tempest
		Comparative essay due
29	The Tempest (cont.)
30	Film Screening of Prospero’s Books
31	The Tempest and Conclusions
	Final Examination During Exam Period