Jan 16 Organization of course; Introduction to course: Nineteenth-Century American Theatre and Drama, including Shakespeare: acting styles; actors; theatres; dramatic forms, native and borrowed or adapted: Terry Oggel and Jim Parker
Jan 18 Introduction, concluded
Jan 23 Tyler, The Contrast (1787); distribute sign-up sheets for conferences (20 mins. each)
Jan 25 The Contrast--visuals
Jan 27 special Saturday class 9-12am, with Laura Browder's playwriting class: Jerrold, Black Ey'd Susan (1829), discussion (9-10:20) and visuals (10:35-noon)
Jan 30 no class; conferences, 12:30-2:10pm (#s1-5)
Feb 1 no class; conferences, 12:30-2:10pm (#s6-10)
Feb 6 Mowatt, Fashion (1845); conferences, 2-3:20pm (#s11-14)
Feb 8 Fashion--visuals; conferences, 2-3:20pm (#s15-18)
Feb 14 Dumas, fils, Camille (1853)
Feb 15 Camille--visuals; deadline for declaration of independent research topics and scheduling of presentations
Feb 20 Boucicault, The Octoroon (1859)
Feb 22 The Octoroon--visuals
Feb 27 Daly, Horizon (1871)
Feb 29 Horizon--visuals
Mar 5 Gillette, Secret Service (1895)
Mar 7 Secret Service--visuals
Mar 12 Spring Break
Mar 14 Spring Break
Mar 19 Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo (1848), Fechter's dramatization (1883)
Mar 21 Monte Cristo--visuals
Mar 26 presentations: #1 and #2
Mar 28 presentations: #3 and #4
Apr 2 Herne, Drifting Apart (1888)
Apr 4 presentations: #5 and #6
Apr 9 presentations: #7 and #8
Apr 11 presentations: #9 and #10
Apr 16 Fitch, The New York Idea (1906)
Apr 18 presentations: #11 and #12
Apr 23 presentations: #13 and #14
Apr 25 presentations: #15 and #16
Apr 30 Glaspell, The Outside (1916) and Trifles (1917)
May 7 (final exam period, 1-4pm) Outside, Trifles and the Provincetown Players--visuals; presentations: #17 and #18 ; all papers due
At a time to be determined, if possible in the late afternoon/early evening, we will meet with Laura Browder's class for the second time to witness and comment on her students' work on updating a 19th-century melodrama; followed by a meeting of both classes and all three instructors at Bogard's or similar venue.