THEA-211 Intro To Drama: Sec 002

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Welcome to Intro To Drama: the online class! This podcast will host the content lectures you need to succeed in THEA-211.

  1. 11/14/2020

    Elinor Fuchs: "Visit To A Small Planet" Pt 2

    Be sure you tune in and listen to this podcast for our class meeting on Tuesday 11/17! This episode wraps up our discussion of Elinor Fuchs' framework. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

    23 min

  2. 11/05/2020

    Elinor Fuchs: "Visit To A Small Planet" Pt 1

    This framework for script analysis is unlike anything else we've covered together! Which I think is super exciting. I hope you do too.  Make sure you listen to this episode and read "Visit To A Small Planet" in time for class on Tuesday 11/10! Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

    25 min

  3. 10/24/2020

    Hamilton Context Lecture

    It's time for Hamilton!! Be sure you check out this context lecture before class on Tuesday 10/27.  Link to Lin Manuel Miranda performing at the White House in 2009.

    28 min

  4. 10/18/2020

    Aristotle's Poetics: Diction, Song, Spectacle

    Here's our podcast on Aristotle's final three elements of drama: diction, song and spectacle.  Listen to me forget (and cover up that I forgot) that Streetcar Named Desire takes place in New Orleans, as well as a stirring rendition of the "Lovely Ladies" motif from Les Miserables.  Listen in time for class on Tuesday 10/18.  Enjoy!

    24 min

  5. 10/09/2020

    Aristotle's Poetics: Character + Thought

    Listen to this podcast in time for class on 10/13! We get into Aristotle's ideas about character and thought. Enjoy!

    20 min

  6. 10/03/2020

    Aristotle's Poetics: Overview + Plot

    Make sure you listen to this podcast before our class meeting on Tuesday, 10/6! I make reference to a slideshow I'm lecturing from in this audio. If you've accessed this podcast from the Discussion Board in our Canvas, you can download a PDF of that slideshow over there. Otherwise, here's a link to a Google Doc so you can keep up with the visuals: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iVz0jhYNshSSnbOOANuZl5xlvupmvYFu7bO8tVhWsVE/edit?usp=sharing Happy listening!

    27 min

  7. 09/25/2020

    Whitelisted: Context Lecture

    Listen to this episode in time for class on Tuesday 9/29! We discuss playwright Chisa Hutchinson, the very short production history of her play Whitelisted, and background information for the setting and some of the themes of that play.

    35 min

  8. 09/16/2020

    Ball: Character, Image, and Theme

    This is it!! The last official David Ball segment of the Intro to Drama Podcast! After this (and after the Bonus Episode) we're moving onto Aristotle. It's been a good time, hasn't it? Thanks, David Ball. Listen in to hear the techniques behind reading to find out character, image, and theme. How many times can Kate say "um" in one podcast?

    28 min
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