Gender Talk in Theat145 |
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When we separated by gender, find out what everybody said.
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What
is Culture? |
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The theme of this class is
colliding cultures, so it is critical that we come to basic understanding
of what we mean by the word "culture." Here's an excellent
site that demonstrates that the word culture should not be taken
for granted.
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Theat362:
Script Analysis |
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If you like Theat145 Contemporary
World Theatre, then Dra362: Script Analysis might be the perfect
course for you. The course has a complete web site, including
a message board, and the overall structure of the course is similar
to what you are experiencing in Theat145.
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Symbolism
Dictionary |
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Here's help for when you instinctively
know a particular image is being used in a symbolic way, but
you're not quite sure what the full implications of the symbol
happen to be. We will spend a lot of time in this class discussing
symbolism, so here's a great research tool to get to know. This
is by no means as comprehensive a research tool as Cirlot's A
Dictionary of Symbols, but it's a good place to start.
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The Sam
Shepard Web Site |
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This site is actually a "handbook"
for an entire course centered around Sam Shepard.
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Loeb
Drama Center's Buried Child |
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An interesting discussion
about the director of Harvard's Loeb Drama Center's production.
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Asian
American Theatre Review |
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A sensational site, including
reviews, books, events, and even a
short play by David Hwang called, Trying to Find Chinatown.
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Bibliography:
Japanese-American |
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A very solid bibliography
on Japanese-American issues.
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Review:
The Sound of A Voice |
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A review of the Yangtze Repertory
Theater's production of David Hwang's The Sound of a Voice
(November 23, 1996).
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A Speech
By David Hwang |
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A speech given by David
Hawang at M.I.T.
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About
Philip Gotanda |
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A Seattle Times article about
Philip Gotanda, who you know as the writer of The Wash.
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August
Wilson: An Interview |
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Interesting in general,
and some great insights re: The Piano Lesson.
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Lafacadio
Hearn's Ghost Story |
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David Henry Hwang tells us
that he modeled The Sound of a Voice "after the movies
based on Japanese ghost stories, like the stories Lafcadio Hearn
collectd" (Between Worlds, p. 93). Interested in sampling
one of these stories?
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MLA Meets
the Web: A Style Sheet |
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About as exciting as watching
paint dry, but absolutely essential if you care at all about
proper footnote form for electronic citations.
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Peking
Opera |
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The character Song from M.
Butterfly is a Peking Opera Singer. This well designed site
(in English and with stunning visuals), will give you a great
feel for what their productions look like.
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Beijing
Opera |
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M. Butterfly takes place in Beijing, and involves an opera
singer. Opera has a long tradition in this area. Here's a chance
to learn more about the famous Beijing Opera.
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Shirley
Jackson's The Lottery |
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Reading Shirley Jackson's
short story, The Lottery sheds some interesting light
of The Ik.
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Photographs
of the Ik |
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Here are 15 photographs from
Colin Turnbull's The Mountain Peoplee of many of the actual
people dramatized in The Ik.
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Instructions
to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry |
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A Dorothea Lange photograph
of a poster instructing Japanese-Americans to report to internment
camps.
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Dorothea
Lange Photographs |
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Several of the photographs
at this site depict the internment camp experience. To capture
the spirit of the camps, Lange created images that frequently
juxtapose signs of human courage and dignity with physical evidence
of the indignities of incarceration. Not surprisingly, many of
Lange's photographs were censored by the federal government,
itself conflicted by the existence of the camps.
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Colin
Turnbull's Mountain People (Excerpts) |
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The play The Ik is
adapted by Colin Higgins and Dennis Cannan from the book The
Mountain People by Colin Turnbull. Here's a chance to see
the cover of the book and read excerpts from this fascinating
anthropological study.
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Recent
W.S.U. Production Photographs |
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Production Photographs of
plays I have directed at W.S.U.
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