Syllabus+-+Session+1

Thirty-seven plays are too many for one week, so they are split into two separate sessions. We will be doing Session #1 this summer. Let me know if you are in need of a specific play not in this session.

=**Shakespeare Film Festival** = =**SESSION #1** =

// Titles underlined will be watched in full, all others skimmed for short intro. If you are already familiar with one we watch in full, you can choose other versions to peruse on your laptop during this time. //

=__ **MONDAY** __ = A.M. **Intro to Shakespeare** VIDEO: __That Fellow Shakespeare__ DVD: Shakespeare’s Stratford DVD: Traveling Troupe scene from Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead DVD: __Shakespeare in London__ DVD: Will Shakespeare, Marlowe scene Volume 1, Act IV DVD: Olivier’s Henry V, opening Globe Playhouse scene

P.M. **Much Ado About Nothing** DVD: __Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branagh__ VIDEO: Much Ado About Nothing, Sam Waterston, Victorian era DVD: Krazy Keystone Cop Comedies DVD: __Shakespeare Retold: Much Ado About Nothing, BBC__

=**TUESDAY** = A.M. **Hamlet** DVD: __Shakespeare the Animated Tales: Hamlet__ DVD: __Hamlet, Zefferelli/Mel Gibson__ DVD: Hamlet, Richard Burton DVD: Hamlet, Peter Brook DVD: Brook by Brook, biography of Peter Brook DVD: Hamlet, Campbell Scott and American Civil War DVD: Hamlet, Star Trek YouTube: Hamlet, Gilligan’s Island YouTube: The Lion King, Broadway show YouTube: The Lion King, Julie Taymor DVD: Slings & Arrows, Canadian TV season 1 (American star Hamlet) Ophelia’s mad scene, Jack’s “method” Hamlet DVD: __The Hobart Shakespeareans__

P.M. **The Tempest** DVD: __Shakespeare The Animated Tales: The Tempest__ DVD: __Silent Shakespeare: The Tempest__ DVD: The Tempest, BBC Horshack VIDEO:The Tempest, Peter Fonda, American Civil War DVD: The Tempest, Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Roddy McDowell DVD: Shakespeare Behind Bars VIDEO: __Behind The Scenes: Julie Taymor & The Tempest__

DVD: Slings & Arrows, Canadian TV, season one episode one (Hamlet & The Tempest)

=**WEDNESDAY** = A.M. **Romeo & Juliet/West Side Story** DVD: __Shakespeare The Animated Tales: Romeo & Juliet__ DVD: __Romeo & Juliet, Zefferelli__ DVD: Romeo & Juliet, John Barrymore, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard DVD: The Prince of Players, Richard Burton, R & J scene DVD: Romeo & Juliet: A Monkey’s Tale, Tibetan monkeys DVD: Slings & Arrows - Canadian TV, season two, (R & J design “concept”) DVD: West Side Story DVD: The Making of West Side Story, recording with opera singers DVD: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dream About, biography

P.M. **A Midsummer Night’s Dream** DVD: __Shakespeare The Animated Tales: Midsummer__ DVD: __Silent Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream__ DVD: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, BBC Dench, Mirren, Riggs DVD: Shakespeare Retold: Midsummer Night’s Dream DVD: __A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline__ DVD: Will Shakespeare, Pyramus & Thisbe scene, vol. 2s DVD: “Pyramus & Thisbe”, The Beatles’ Around The World

=**THURSDAY** = A.M. **Macbeth** DVD: __Shakespeare The Animated Tales: Macbeth__ DVD: Macbeth, Orson Welles, Roddy McDowall DVD: Joe Macbeth DVD: Macbeth, Sean Connery, 1961 TV DVD: __Macbeth, Polanski, 1971__ DVD: Macbeth, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench DVD: Macbeth, Greta Scacchi, post-apocalyptic, show witches DVD: Shakespeare Retold: Macbeth DVD: This is Macbeth, tv newshour host interviews characters DVD: __Scotland, PA__ DVD: Slings & Arrows: Macbeth, Season 2

P.M. **Taming of the Shrew** DVD: __Shakespeare The Animated Tales: Taming of the Shrew__ DVD: The Taming of the Shrew, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, 1929 DVD: __The Taming of the Shrew, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton__ DVD: The Taming of the Shrew, American Conservatory Theatre, comedia del arte, 1976 DVD: 10 Things I Hate About You, Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger DVD: Kiss Me Kate, musical DVD: __Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Shrew__

=**FRIDAY** = A.M. **The Merchant of Venice** DVD: __Silent Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, 1910__ DVD: The Merchant of Venice, Laurence Olivier & Joan Plowright, 1973, Victorian setting DVD: The Merchant of Venice, Trevor Nunn, 1930’s setting DVD: __The Merchant of Venice, Al Pacino, Jeramy Irons, Joseph Fiennes__ DVD: Theatre of Blood, The Merchant of Venice/Living Theatre scene, Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, 1973

P.M. **Final Projects** Lesson Presentations DVD: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Kenneth Branagh

Extra: DVD: Slings & Arrows DVD: Playing Shakespeare, John Barton Film Quiz