ShakespeareFall 2025
Dr. Scott "my dog is named after a Shakespeare play" O'Neil
Below, you may find some links for things we'll use in class. There are also scads of clip comparison videos for plays both on and off of our syllabus. |
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Films for Short Response 4
Warm Bodies (zombie Romeo and Juliet) for Emily
2019 Nicholas Hytner production of A Midsummer Night's Dream for Laura
Were the World Mine (Queer Modern A Midsummer Night's Dream) for Chyna
Week 1 (8/19 and 8/21):
8/19: Welcome, Syllabus overview, Shakespeare IMDB challenge. Asimov's "The Immortal Bard." Nikki Giovanni on Shakespeare.
8/21: Romeo and Juliet Act 1.
8/21: Romeo and Juliet Act 1.
Week 2 (8/26 and 8/28):
8/26: Romeo and Juliet Acts 1 and 2.
8/28: Romeo and Juliet Acts 3 and 4. Please also read the excerpt from Tanya Wojczuk's Lady Romeo.
8/28: Romeo and Juliet Acts 3 and 4. Please also read the excerpt from Tanya Wojczuk's Lady Romeo.
Week 3 (9/2 and 9/4):
9/2: Romeo and Juliet Act 5. Conversation with a Friar Laurence.
9/4: Romeo and Juliet in scholarly action--Friars, Trials, and Jesuits. No new reading today.
9/4: Romeo and Juliet in scholarly action--Friars, Trials, and Jesuits. No new reading today.
Week 8 (10/7 and 10/9):
10/7: Please read this excerpt from Dame Harriet Walter's book on playing Shakespeare's male characters as a woman: READING
10/9: Final Project Proposal
10/9: Final Project Proposal
Romeo and Juliet clips (coming soon)
Hamlet clips
Act 1, Scenes 1, 4, and 5: Old Hamlet's ghost
Act 2, Scene 2: Hamlet's Madness and Polonius the Fishmonger
Act 3, Scene 1: Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy
Act 3, Scene 2: The Play within a play scene (all International Edition)
Act 4, Scene 5: Ophelia's madness, music, and swimming
Act 5, Scene 1: Alas, poor Yorick...
Act 5, Scene 2: Gertrude and the poisoned cup
Five pop-culture takes on Hamlet (Sesame Street, Schwarzenegger, Gilligan's Island, Pinky and the Brain, and The Simpsons):
Much Ado About Nothing clips
Act 1, Scene 1: Beatrice and Benedick spar
Act 2, Scene 1: Sad Claudio
Act 2, Scene 3: The Bene"Trick"
Act 3, Scenes 2 and 3: Don John's 2nd Plot--Note what we see vs. what we hear (ie: "note")
Act 3, Scenes 3 and 5; Act 4, Scene 2; Act 5, Scene 2 : A Compostation* of Dogberry
* Yes, that was intentional. :)
* Yes, that was intentional. :)
Act 4, Scene 1: The wedding fiasco
Act 5, Scene 1: Old guys want to throw down
Act 5, Scene 4: Found your sonnets; Y'all gotta get married now
The Tempest clips
Act 1, Scene 1: Opening Storm
Act 1, Scene 2: Enter Ariel
Act 1, Scene 2: Enter Caliban
Act 2, Scene 1: Ariel Wakes the Endangered Sleepers
Act 2, Scene 2: Clowns Unite
Act 3, Scene 2: Ariel and the Voice Trick
Act 3, Scene 2: Humanizing Caliban (ie: Caliban expresses love for the island)
Act 3, Scene 3: Ariel transforms into a Harpy
Act 4, Scene 1: Wedding Magic
Act 4, Scene 1: The Clowns get distracted by clothing and chased by magic dogs
Act 5, Scene 1: Ariel gives Prospero a lesson on humanity
Act 5, Scene 1: Prospero tells himself he will break his staff and drown his book. We believing him?
Act 5, Scene 1: The clowns make a final appearance
Act 5, Scene 1: Prospero promises to set Ariel free. We believing him?
Epilogue: Prospero asks for some hands
King Lear clips
Act 1, Scene 1: Dividing the Kingdom with a love contest
Act 1, Scene 2: Base Bastardy
Act 1, Scene 4: Enter Fool
Act 3, Scene 5 or 6 (depending on the edition): Vanishing Folly
Act 5, Scene 3: Howl, Howl, Howl
A Midsummer Night's Dream clips
Act 1, Scene 2: Casting Call for the Rude Mechanicals
Act 2, Scene 1: Enter Fairies and Puck
Note/Disclaimer: I screwed up and forgot to update the cue marks on the first image. Those ARE the correct productions, but the cues are all off.
Act 2, Scene 1: Helena is SOUNDLY rejected by Demetrius