Integrates discussions, readings, presentations, viewings, and exercises to teach students an appreciation of the elements of both classical and contemporary theatre and performing arts. The acting techniques of Stanislavsky and Uta Hagen, among others, are used to analyze and understand classic modern drama. Students develop dramatic tools for creating new realities via acting and directing in both solo and group performances. Texts: Bergson, Henri, “Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic”
Ben Jonson, Volpone, or The Fox 1606
Molière, Tartuffe (1664)
www.fullbooks.com/Tartuffe-or-the-Hypocrite.html ;
Also at http://www.archive.org/
Carlo Goldoni, Servant of Two Masters 1753
Pierre Beaumarchais, The Marriage of Figaro 1778
Nikolai Gogol, The Inspector General 1842
Eugène Marin Labiche, The Italian Straw Hat 1851
Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya 1897/99
Noel Coward, Private Lives 1930
Kaufman and Hart, You Can’t Take It with You 1936
Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of Chaillot 1943
Supporting text: Uta Hagen, A Challenge for the Actor
Lenka Pichlíková Acting the Classics
THP 2000.20 4 Credit Hours Spring 2014
Wednesday 8:30-12:10 CCS 1001
Contact information: lenka.pichlikova@purchase.edu
Office hours after class Wednesday (12:10 -4:30) by appointment in the classroom or in the MOD office# 0001
- Teacher: Lenka Pichlikova