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Syllabus, Fall 2008 On-line plays
Camille (19th-century adaptation in English):
http://www.worc.ac.uk/victorian/victorianplays/Vol27xivLady.pdf
English
translation of original novel by Dumas, fils
Detailed plot summary of Garbo's 1936 film
Camille
The Hairy Ape:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/hryap10.txt
PowerPoint Shows
Modernisms: Art Movements
Web Links
Meyer Library Theatre
Subject Guide:
http://library.missouristate.edu/reference/subjectguides/the.htm
Useful and detailed faculty page:
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/drindex3.html
Excellent outline of
American drama history:
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/8intro.html#outline
Theatre History on the Web:
http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/theatrer.html
Useful web materials on theatre of
all types:
http://theatrehistory.com/
Kent McCoy’s Brief Guide to Internet
Resources
(excellent!):
http://www2.stetson.edu/csata/thr_guid.html
Handouts and Report Documents
Development of Management 1800 to 1870
Development of Management 1870 to
WWI
Developments of Management WWI to 1990s
Phases of Capitalism and Concomitant Developments in the Arts
Postmodern Theatre and Drama Trends
William Dunlap
Ira Aldridge and the African Theatre Company
Edwin Forrest and William McReady
Augustin Daly
The Booth Family
David Belasco
The Theatrical Syndicate (The Trust)
The Shubert Family
Albert Palmer and the Actors' Trust
Actors Equity
American Academy of the Dramatic Arts
The Federal Theatre Project
Gilpin and Robeson
The Group Theatre
The Boys in the Band
Show Boat
The Actors Studio
Edwin Piscator and the Dramatic Workshop
The Living Theatre
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Interior, New Park Theatre, New York City. Circa 1798.
This course seeks to acquaint students with 1)
major phases in the material development of American theatre; 2) some
exemplary plays; 3) some models of interpretive theory; 4) basic
research materials and possibilities.
Final Exam to be held on Wednesday, 17 December.
3:30-5:30
Final Exam
Instructions
Updated Reading List:
11/3 Death of a Salesman
11/10 Glass Menagerie
11/17 The Heidi Chronicles
11/24 Research day. No class.
12/1 M. Butterfly
12/5 The America Play
 The Shuberts
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