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History of Comedy Lecture Materials

Subject

Lecture
Introductory The Nature of Humor

An Introduction to Comedy

A Vocabulary of Comedy

Characteristics of Tragedy and Comedy
Aristophanes Models of Ancient Greek Theatre

Introduction to Attic Old Comedy (Website)

Background for The Clouds
Shakespeare Pictures and Drawings of The Globe Theatre

The Elizabethan Theatre Playhouse

Twelfth Night: Varieties of Love and Characterization
Jonson Costumes & Volpone

Issues and Considerations
Moliere Moliere's Defense of Comedy

Character, Action, and Dialogue

Photos from a Production of The Miser (website)

Stage Designs for The Miser  (website)
Congreve Outline of The Way of the World

Levels of Power and Authority
Gay Characteristics of Satire
Sheridan Sentiment, Scandal, and Charity

Hazlitt on Humour and Wit
Chekhov Mood, Beauty, Impression, and Work in Uncle Vanya
Wilde Observations on WIlde's Aestheticism
Shaw Anti-heroism in Arms and the Man
Eliot Christian Spirituality in The Cocktail Party

Selected Eliot Quotations (optional)
Beckett The Farce of the Absurd, The Play of Surfaces
Soyinka Soyinka, Ogun, and Christ

 

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