ENGL 5120: Dramatic Literature

Playwright Presentations list (Acrobat)
Instructions for Presentations, Performances & Journal (Acrobat)

Drama

Tragedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy
Comedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_(drama)
DRAMATIC GENRE (good chart) http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/220DramaticGenre.htm
images http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_theatre

Oedipus

Oedipus http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-2
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-rex-play-3
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-rex-play-4
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-rex-play-5
Critical Overview http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-rex-play-6
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/oedipus-rex-play-7
Powerpoint http://www.cttech.org/central/curriculum/general-ed/English/12-grade/Oedipus%20Rex.ppt
Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XYeuZaQg0M\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpqVmviDEvk&feature=related
Oedipus the King Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtMHltBFqlo

Everyman

Powerpoint
Medieval Theater Powerpoint
Introduction http://www.answers.com/topic/everyman
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/everyman-play-4
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/everyman-play-5
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/everyman-play-6
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/everyman-play-8
Child, C. G. (1938 ). The Second shepherd's play, Everyman, and other early plays . Houghton Mifflin. PR1260 .C4
Cawley, A. C. (1956). Everyman, and medieval miracle plays. Dent. PR1260 .E8 1956
Video

Everyman Morality Play Lecture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o-AhBSqLfI
Everyman and Fellowship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTtaofgAOo

Hamlet

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
Critical Approaches to Hamlet http://www.answers.com/topic/critical-approaches-to-hamlet
Videos

Shakespeare sketch - A Small Rewrite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwbB6B0cQs4&feature=player_embedded

Shakespeare Comedy Sketch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj7wYVjwfyk&feature=related
Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2 Soliloquy (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBVmiVkzTM
Hamlet Act I Scene II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHwCmPz9j4
Hamlet Act I Scene V (The Ghost) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deNtt_YGnOU
Hamlet Act3, Scene1 Soliloquy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JD6gOrARk4
Hamlet Act IV Scene V (Ophelia's Madness) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7n2itBE2U
Hamlet - Act V: Scene 1 (Kevin Kline) Gravedigger scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAx_q6be3pE&feature=player_embedded
Hamlet Act V Scene II (Kenneth Branagh) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4QwLkEuzc&feature=player_embedded

A Doll's House

Text http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House
Powerpoint
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-4
Introduction http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play#Notes_on_Drama
Author Biography http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-1
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-4
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-5
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-6
Critical Overview http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-7
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/a-doll-s-house-play-8
audio (listen to the play) http://www.archive.org/details/dolls_house_0812_librivox
Videos

A Doll's House http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwnBukRiRJI
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qssF73w6thw
A Doll's House, Chris Plummer & Julie Harris (Act III-2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkEZAEZp5Y
A Doll's House, Christopher Plummer & Julie Harris (Act I-4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5wxVwSbB8

Hairy Ape

THE HAIRY APE (text)

http://www.theatrehistory.com/plays/hairyape001.html
http://www.eoneill.com/texts/ha/contents.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4015
eOneill.com eText Archive http://www.eoneill.com/texts/index.htm
The plays of Eugene O'Neill. (1951). Random House. PS3529 .N5 1951

Introduction http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape
Author Biography http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-3
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-4
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-5
Critical Overview http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-6
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-7
Videos

Style http://www.answers.com/topic/the-hairy-ape-play-4

Six Characters in Search of an Author

http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author
Author Biography http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play-3
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play-4
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play-5
Critical Overview http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play-6
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author-play-7
text

Pirandello, L. Six Characters in Search of an Author (and Henry IV & Right You Are!)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

text

http://books.google.com/books?id=nXM1idXQOGsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Caucasian+Chalk+Circle#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Articles

Brecht's Judging Jesus The Caucasian Chalk Circle http://books.google.com/books?id=Xnk0YUBZs88C&pg=PA59&dq=Caucasian+Chalk+Circle#v=onepage&q=Caucasian%20Chalk%20Circle&f=false
The Caucasian Chalk Circle: the view from Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=89GRrGQlmc4C&pg=PA153&dq=Caucasian+Chalk+Circle#v=onepage&q=Caucasian%20Chalk%20Circle&f=false

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caucasian_Chalk_Circle
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-caucasian-chalk-circle
Bertolt_Brecht http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Study Guide http://www.gradesaver.com/the-caucasian-chalk-circle/study-guide/
Images

Videos

These are demos of original music(and some lyrics) written by Mark Nichols for Berthold Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle." http://www.thereallybig.com/marks.htm#ccc

The Glass Menagerie

text

New Directions. PS3545.I5365 G5 1970 & PS3545.I5365 G5 1966

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie#Notes_on_Drama
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie
Author Biography http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play
Themes http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play-3
Style http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play-4
Historical Context http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play-5
Critical Overview http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play-6
Criticism http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie-play-7

Death of a Salesman

text

Nourse, J. T. (1965). Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman and All my sons. Monarch Press,. PS3525.I5156 D42 1965

Study Guide for Death of a Salesman http://www.gradesaver.com/death-of-a-salesman/study-guide/
TheBestNotes http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Death_Of_A_Salesman_Summary/Death_Of_A_Salesman_Miller01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/salesman/context.html
videos

Death Of A Salesman Warren Mitchell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfwq__fIZU
Death of a Salesman Scene 14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2w_0NUtC4
Firing Senior Workers in the 1940s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0u0c7N4LYM

Angels in America

http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_America
videos

Angels in America - pacino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98fBiOVEcyI
Angels in America (Uninvited - Alanis Morissette) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt6sHBvkEck