Important dates
January 16 - First day of classes. February 19 - Presidents Day. No classes.
March 6 - MIDTERM March 19-23 - Spring break. No classes.
April 30 - Last Day of Classes.

DATE DISCUSSION TOPIC READING DUE PRESENTATIONS DUE
January 16 Introduction/Overview
January 18 Tragedy Antony and Cleopatra
January 23 "Of Dramatic Poesie" - John Dryden and two selections by Butler (packet)
January 25 All for Love
January 30 An Apology for the Life of Colly Cibber - Colly Cibber (packet)
February 1 Oroonoko - Aphra Behn
February 6 "A Short View Of Tragedy" - Thomas Rhymer (packet)
February 8 Oroonoko - Thomas Southerne (packet)
February 13 Restoration Comedy "A Short View of the Immorality . . . of the English Stage" - Jeremy Collier
February 15 The Way of the World
February 20 "On Comedy" - George Farquhar (packet)
February 22 Beaux Stratagem
February 27
March 1 The Busie Body - Susannah Centlivre (packet)
March 6 MIDTERM
March 8 The Beggar's Opera
March 13
March 15 Tom Thumb (Tragedy of Tragedies)
March 27
March 29 The London Merchant
April 3 "Essay on the Theatre" - Oliver Goldsmith
April 5 She Stoops to Conquer
April 10
April 12 The Belle Strategam - Hannah Cowley (packet)
April 17 The Critic
April 24
April 26 The Rivals

Requirements:
  • Midterm - 20%
  • Final - 20%
  • 8-10 page Paper - 20%
  • In-class presentations/Webpage contributions - 20%
  • Listserve responses* - 20%

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    Required Texts
  • British Dramatists From Dryden to Sheridan - ed. George Nettleton
  • Oroonoko, The Rover and Other Works - Aphra Behn
  • Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
  • A Xerox packet at Select Printers - 1129 20th St. (Near the Peace Corps offices).
    Attendance Policy
    Since this class will be run as a a seminar, your presence and participation are crucial. Therefore, more than three unexcused absences *will* adversely affect your grade. More than six constitues failure.

    Plagarism Policy
    Knowingly claiming the work of another as your own is an infringment of the Code of Academic Honesty. It is also flaming insult to anyone who makes his or her living by writing. Please do not do it. If caught, you *will* fail the class and be referred for disiplinary action.