Introduction to the course and basic requirements. What is your experience with the English language? Your relationship with theatre.
Nyní naleznete prezentaci s požadavky na splnění kurzu v materiálech z první hodiny (zejména pro ty z vás, které došly do výuky o chvíli později nebo na hodině nebyly). !!!Nezapomeňte, že další lekci máme až 12.10.!!! Přečtěte si následující "reviews" a Review by Y. Shaffer si doneste na hodinu.
Watch the following videos to get familiar with this week's topic. For our class discussion, look up the answers to the given questions. If you are interested in Off-off-Broadway, I recommend this book: Crespy, David Allison. Off-Off-Broadway Explosion: How Provocative Playwrights of the 1960s Ignited a New American Theater. New York: Back Stage Books, 2003. Also, have a look at Broadway Glossary and expand your knowledge of terms and definitions.
Watch the movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman). Focus on the following themes: sexuality, family (inheritance, relationships), lies, greed
Watch the adaptation of the play or read the play Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller. "Pohled z mostu" - nadcházející představení v Městské divadlo Brno.
Watch the YouTube video and answer the questions. Prepare a short review (up to 2 minutes); see for more instructions. Kdo se bojí Virginie Woolfové? Nadcházející představení v Mahenově divadle.
As there is no contact lesson on November 16, read the assigned materials (L. Hutcheon, S. Shepard) and prepare for the next week's discussion. Some theatre recommendations for this week: E. Albee: Kdo se bojí Virginie Woolfové?, 16.11. Mahenovo divadlo. A. Miller: Pohled z mostu, 19.11. Městské divadlo Brno.
Read Shepard's True West. Prepare a summary of any chapter you chose in A Theory of Adaptation. Prepare a one to two-minute review of ONE aspect of the performance you have recently seen (e.g. lightning, costumes, actors' performance, etc.)
Read David Mamet's American Buffalo. Prepare a one to two-minute review of any performance you have recently seen.
Students present their group projects.