English 3336 Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Drama and Theatre
Prompt # 12
3 October 2012
Preliminary maps of the wilderness
During class this morning
Here, in my understanding, are the questions people have been exploring:
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What do scholars & historians have to say about the physical theatres
around 1600? (Iya)
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What do those folks have to say about social changes around 1600, especially
regarding the position of women and what happened to make it possible now
(but impossible earlier) for women to act in plays? (Tabitha)
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Who do scholars & critics think were the most important dramatists
immediately after the Restoration? (Adam)
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What do scholars & historians have to say about the role of religion
in society around 1600 -- especially with respect to politics and public
policy? (Kayla)
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What are the best sources for finding out about society generally right
after the Restoration? (Matt)
Everyone should have posted, by this morning, a preliminary report on what
she's learning. We'll do a quick round to see where everyone is, and adjourn
so that people can read each other's reports. The first thing to do is
make sure all of them are formatted in the same way, and ready to read;
the deadline for making sure this is done will be before class time ends
this morning. Between then and tonight, everyone should read the other
four reports with some care and post questions and comments on the reports
on the Forum
that I've set up. The questions should be things that you think the writer
should be able to answer, or requests for clarification, or suggestions.
Between now and Friday morning, each report should be further expanded
with the help of the questions and suggestions.
In the process of doing this work, everyone should be watching for a
play or two from the period within a few years of the Restoration that
we should all read; on Friday, besides reporting on our work so far, we'll
be looking to make a decision about a play to read.
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