Courses in Drama

Corneille, The Cid and the Academy

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:30:00 -0400

Beaumarchais and The Marriage of Figaro

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:10:00 -0400

French drama and the revolution: an Overview

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:20:00 -0400

Jean Racine

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:10:00 -0400

Moliere's Comedy

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:10:00 -0400

Introductiion to French Neoclassical drama

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:20:00 -0400

Tennessee Williams: Two Plays

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:40:00 -0500

Art and Argument in Hedda Gabler

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:00 -0400

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(An updated version of this essay appears in a better format in the 'e-texts- essays' files on
<www.Ibsenvoyages.com> )

One of the wonderful aspects of Hedda Gabler is the demure manner, masking the tremendous skill, with which Ibsen locates its huge drama within two days action within a drawing room in nineteenth century Christiania. An essential experience of the play is sharing in Ibsens own pleasure in his artistry, enjoying the "refinement of conscious power" it exhibits. Summoning tragic material and displaying aesthetic mastery over it as formal beauty is the liberation art offers us.

Antony and Cleopatra

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:50:00 -0400

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:50:00 -0400