Syllabus/Daily Assignments:
Readings and performance work are TO BE COMPLETED BY the date they appear on the syllabus as they will constitute the principal material for that day's discussion. On the nonreading days, I will present theater-related material and background for the comedy you will read for the next class. Oral Presentations are marked as 5% and 10% and are due on the days listed on the syllabus.

NOTE: ALWAYS read the introduction to each play before you begin and use any notes as you need to. Try to read as much as possible without stopping to read notes
 

Date	Topic(s)	Assignments
M 8-16	Introduction. What is Comedy? Greek Old Comedy and 5th century Athens	Comedy Names and Words
W 8-18	Origins of Old Comedy. Ritual. Drama Festivals. The Comic Poet and Competition.The stage	Aristophanes 1: pp. vii-xxxv; Three Plays by Aristophanes, pp. 3-14, 19-20 Theater in Ephesus  Univ of Sask.theaters Casting for production Greek Theater Web-Link Rehearsal French Scenes 1-4
M 8-23	Aristophanes Clouds Bust of Socrates	Aristophanes 1: Clouds Performance Group #1 Rehearsal French Scenes 5-8
W 8-25	Aristophanes Wasps	Aristophanes 1: Wasps  Performance Group #2 Rehearsal Scenes 9-13
M 8-30	Aristophanes Birds	Aristophanes 1: Birds Performance Group #3 Rehearsal Scenes 14-18
W 9-1	Greek actors and acting. Costuming. Masks. The Chorus. Dance. Music.	Three Plays by Aristophanes, pp. 15-20, 20-29 Rehearsal Scenes 19-22
M 9-6	*Labor Day*
W 9-8	Aristophanes Lysistrata	Three Plays by Aristophanes: Lysistrata Performance Group #4   Rehearse 1-4
M 9-13	The Audience. Greek Tragedy. Fragments of Comedy	Three Plays by Aristophanes, pp. 193-204 Rehearse 5-8
W 9-15	Aristophanes Women at the Thesmophoria = Femme Phantasmagoria Kinsman Kidnaps Wineskin	Aristophanes 2: Women at the Thesmophoria Rehearse 9-13
M 9-20	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 14-18
W 9-22	Aristophanes Assemblywomen	Aristophanes 2: Assemblywomen  Performance Group #5 Rehearse 19-22
M 9-27	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 1-13
W 9-29	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 14-22
M 10-4	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 1-13
W 10-6	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 14-22
M 10-11	* Fall Break *
W 10-13	REHEARSAL OFF BOOK	Rehearse 1-13
M 10-18	REHEARSAL	Rehearse 14-22
W 10-20	REHEARSAL	First Run 1-22
M 10-25	REHEARSAL  2-5 PM	Work 1-13
W 10-27	REHEARSAL 2-5	Work 14-22
F 10-29	REHEARSAL 2-5	Second Run 1-22
Sa/Su 10-30 10-31	REHEARSAL
M 11-1	REHEARSAL 2-5 PM
T 11-2	REHEARSALTBA
W 11-3	Dress REHEARSAL 2-5 PM
Th 11-4	SHOW TIME (6 PM call; 7:30 PM show
F 11-5	Run Show TBA in Winston-Salem
S 11-6	SHOW TIME in Winston-Salem (TBA)
M 11-8	Film Comedies that Draw on Ancient Comedy	I'll bring several clips from great comedies to share and discuss
W 11-10	Oral Assignment: 5%	5%!! 1-2pp. "What makes me laugh: an examination of my sense of humor and the comedy that works on me"
M 11-15	Shift to New Comedy. 4th-3rd century Athens  Menander Roman comedy (fabula togata) and  Greek New Comedy (fabula palliata) Roman Actors and Acting. The Stage.  Costumes Stock Characters and Society. Music. Audience. Second-century Rome	Roman Theater history Roman theaters  original prologue of Poenulus (Puny Punic)  Intro to Plautus: Four Comedies, xi-xxiii - Handout  Roman theater info from my book Latin Laughs
W 11-17	The Roman Comic Poet. Festivals. Competition Roman Mime. Imperial Theater.  What Happened to Roman Comedy?	Read production notices and author's prologues for each of Terence's six plays, pp. 9-11, 81-83, 153-156, 235-237, 307-309, 359-361 Plautus: Comedies 1: Braggart Soldier Performance Group #1 In Plautus: Comedies I: The Weevil Performance Group #2 In Plautus: Comedies I: The Captives Performance Group #3  Plautus: Comedies I: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding Performance Group #4 Comedies I: Amphitryon Performance Group #5
M 11-22	Video Presentations	6 - 10% Oral Presentations
W 11-24	*Thanksgiving*
M 11-29	Video Presentations	6 - 10% Oral Presentations
W 12-1	Video Presentations	6 - 10% Oral Presentations
M 12-6	Video Presentations	6 - 10% Oral Presentations
M 12-13	FINAL EXAM on Roman Comedy (12-3 PM)