April 28 Turn in Writing Assignment Discuss The Theater of Shakespeare (ch.

34) and Modern Theater (ch. 35) View Othello and discuss Homework

Read Othello Act V. Choose a play to read in chapter 36 and

read it by May 3rd. Reminder

Final Exam May 10th

The Theater of Shakespeare Marked by strong characterization, heightened & intense language, crowded plots Technical resources

Daylight Simple scenery Playgoers had to imagine Playwrights had to use vivid language

Costumes Building

Round/octagonal Roof Back exits and hiding places

The Globe Not in the city of London but on the south bank of the Thames River because plays had been

banished in 1574 for being blamed for “corruptions of the youth…” Playwright

Had to please whole audience Wide range of matter and tone Passages of subtle poetry, deep philosophy, coarse language, sensational violence, quiet

psychological conflict Wrote parts into plays to take advantage of specific skills or to avoid straining resources

Company 30 plays in a season Changed program daily Fondness for blank verse Fixed line length easier for actors to memorize

The Modern Theater Realism

Examined complexities of human personality and psychology through “problem plays”

Conventions Picture Frame Stage Box Set Keys: speak wherever they were on stage and act as if

there were no audience (imitated reality) Naturalism

Kind of realism in fiction & drama dealing with the more brutal or unpleasant aspects of reality

Antiheroes Featured ordinary people, inglorious and inarticulate,

who carry on not from bravery but from inertia

Othello Moor Intro to characters Intro to plot