Theatre Arts 230
Readings in Dramatic Literature

Instructor:            Dr. Jay Oney                  Office Hours:            By Appointment
Office:            Theatre Playhouse            Phone:  294.2128
Time:            M, W, F:                  11:30 AM, Theatre Playhouse

Monday            Jan                        12            Intro
Wednesday                                    14            All My Sons—Arthur Miller
Friday                                            16            Summer and Smoke—Tennessee Williams

Monday                                    19            MLK Day **No Class**
Wednesday                                21            Long Day’s Journey Into Night—Eugene O’Neill
Friday                                        23            The Visit—Friedrich Durrenmatt

Monday                                    26            A Taste of Honey—Shelagh Delaney
Wednesday                               28            The Quare Fellow--Brendan Behan
Friday                                       30             That Championship Season--Jason Miller

Monday            Feb                      02            Travesties--Tom Stoppard
Wednesday                                   04            Getting Out--Marsha Norman
Friday                                           06            The Homecoming--Harold Pinter

Monday                                    09            Buried Child--Sam Shepherd
Wednesday                               11            Quiz
Friday                                       13            The Mound Builders--Lanford Wilson

Monday                                    16            Baby with the Bathwater--Christopher Durang
Wednesday                                18            Table Manners--Alan Ayckbourn
Friday                                        20            Tales of the Lost Formicans--Constance Congdon

Monday                                    23            Bent--Martin Sherman
Wednesday                               25            The Shadow Box--Michael Cristofer
Friday                                       27            Danny and the Deep Blue Sea--John Patrick Shanley

Monday            March                   02            The Grace of Mary Traverse--Timberlake Wertenbaker
Wednesday                                    04            The Young Man from Atlanta--Horton Foote
Friday                                            06             Three Tall Women--Edward Albee,

Spring Break March 7—15 (Sat-Sun)

Monday                                    16             W;t--Margaret Edson
Wednesday                               18            Review
Friday                                       20            Quiz

Monday                                    23             Rabbit Hole--David Lindsay-Abaire
Wednesday                               25            How I Learned to Drive--Paula Vogel
Friday                                       27            A Number--Carol Churchill

Monday                                    30            Lobby Hero--Kenneth Lonergan
Wednesday            April            01            The Lieutenant of Inishmore--Martin McDonagh
Friday                                       03            NO Class—Furman Engaged!

Monday                                    06            The Laramie Project--Moises Kaufman
Wednesday                                08            Paul--Howard Brenton
Friday                                        10            NO Class Easter Break

Monday                                    13            NO Class Easter Break
Wednesday                                15            Racing Demon--David Hare
Friday                                        17            Topdog/Underdog--Suzan Lori-Parks

Monday                                    20            Festen--David Eldridge
Wednesday                               22            This Is How It Goes--Neil LaBute
Friday                                        24            August Osage County--Tracy Letts

Monday                                    27            Review

 

FINAL EXAM            MONDAY 5 MAY, 12:00 – 2:30 AM

GRADING SCALE:
92 – 100                        A
84 – 91                        B
76 – 83                        C
70 – 75                        D
69 or less                        F

The two quizzes count 30% each.
The final counts 40%.
Class participation can also affect your grade.

NB:  Changes to the syllabus may be announced in class.
Pluses and minuses can be used in final grades.

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