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).
A Doll's House | The Cherry Orchard | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Hairy Ape | Endgame | The Homecoming
Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House. Dir. David Thacker. Trans. Joan Tindale. BBC, 1992. Rpt. in Youtube, 13 Apr. 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m81oiq5yvCc
This link is the first of ten parts; links to the rest appear at right.
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 at right.
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.
---. 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. Perf. David Thewlis. Beckett on Film series. Channel 4, 2000. Rpt. in Youtube, 25 Nov. 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb6cEPtp2Lg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
If the above link does not automatically sequence playback of the nine parts:
Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Pinter, Harold. The Homecoming [radio adaptation]. BBC Radio 3, 18 Mar. 2007. Rpt. in Youtube, 3 Apr. 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bHcXyl-yh4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
If the above link does not automatically sequence playback of the ten parts:
Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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