in class today

There were a number of scenes from The Hostage that people proposed as worth discussing that we didn't get to.  We'll discuss them. We'll also spend some time considering some of the postings to the Forum. Much discussion (and much of it pretty interesting and challenging) has already occurred on line; we'll continue to see what issues we can explore profitably as we try to come to grips with our central questions about the differences and relations between scripts on the page and scripts on the stage.

reminders

I said last time, "as soon as you can -- but before 'spring' break begins, anyway -- propose a scene from [Unidentified Human Remains] that you think would bear discussion, only this time propose it on the Forum rather than as a separate file on your Web site.  Then, before we meet again on March 12, respond thoughtfully, on the Forum, to at least two of the proposals for discussion. We'll begin with those at that class meeting. Further, remember to post a new learning reflection, and bear in mind what I said in the last prompt: "read all the ones posted so far, at the time you post your new one, and make your new entry as long as the longest one so far posted. And if while you're reading you think of something that constitutes learning that you hadn't thought of before, mention in your posting whose journal made you think of it."

schedule

I expect by the time we're back from the break to have worked out a schedule for doing research on the one-act plays being performed as part of the seminar in performance class, and for working on The Rover. If you'd like to get something done over the break to get ahead, I'd suggest reading The Rover and seeing what you can find out about it on the Web (it's an extremely well known play, partly because its author was the first woman to be a playwright, and many English couses have studied the play for that reason). There are reasonable texts of the play available on line; I'll put links to some on the course Web site.