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English 304: A History of Drama II - productions: Revision

Last updated November 29, 2017 - 10:30am by Mark A. McCutcheon

The student of drama today can take virtual field trips to the theatre. Here are links to productions of several plays, assigned for reading in English 304, that are available for online viewing. The productions are listed in the order they are assigned in our course (not in alphabetical order).

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A Doll's House | The Cherry OrchardSix Characters in Search of an Author | The Hairy Ape | Endgame

 

Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House [film adaptation]. Dir. Patrick Garland. Perf. Anthony Hopkins et al. 1973. Rpt. in Youtube, 9 Mar. 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX1l0UmwNbg

---. A Doll's House [theatrical performance]. Dir. Louis H. Campbell. Belhaven U, 22 Oct. 2009. Rpt. in Youtube, 12 Feb. 2013.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NLhOyGBs6c

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TLHYjHqQTA

 

Chekhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. Dir. Richard Eyre. Perf. Judi Dench. BBC, 1980. Rpt. in Youtube, 13 Jan. 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtrbZx6AOxQ

This link is the first of four parts; links to the rest appear to the right of this video on its Youtube page.

 

Pirandello, Luigi. Six Characters in Search of an Author. Dir. Stacey Keach. Trans. Paul Avila Mayer. Hollywood Television Theater, 1976. Rpt. in Theatre in Video database, via AU Library. (Requires AU log-in.)

 

O'Neill, Eugene. The Hairy Ape. Dir. Rodney Whatley. Pensacola Junior College, 22 Feb. 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1_ULKpgE-8

This link is the first of two acts; the link to Act Two appears to the right of this video on its Youtube page.

 

---. The Hairy Ape [radio adaptation]. Dir. Jose Quintero. Bay Area Radio Drama, 1989. Rpt. in Eugene O'Neill Electronic Archive, 2008.

 

Beckett, Samuel. Endgame. Dir. Conor McPherson. 2000. Rpt. in Youtube, 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok7Vc3jczNg

Other streamable productions of Endgame are also available:

Dir. Paris Ellsworth. Loeb Experimental Theatre, 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNoRxYuBAN4

Dir. Jamie Butler. 2012.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKnYO_QU1k


 

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