ABOUT THIS CLASS

COURSE TITLE:   SHAKESPEARE IN ASHLAND: 2017

 AUDITOR VERSION

# OF CREDITS:   3 QUARTER CREDITS; WA CLOCK HRS: 30

[SEMESTER EQUIVALENT = 2 credits] OR PDUs: 30

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aUDITOR vERSIO 

CLASS DATES       August 15-18, 2017

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Institutions as diverse as the Folger Shakespeare Library, The Shakespeare Association of America, and the National Council of Teachers of English vigorously support programs that emphasize the educational value of teaching Shakespeare’s plays through performance. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival provides a perfect workshop for this endeavor. Our discussion will emphasize that, like all playwrights, Shakespeare wrote scripts intended for actors and audiences, and that a play assumes its full possible meaning only when performed. While the class was created for teachers, auditors are most welcome and will also benefit from the intense discussions and performance analysis. Teachers have a special session about practical ways to make performance analysis relevant to all levels of classroom teaching.

TO REGISTER: 

All registrations for this course must be made directly with Dr. Shurgot, either by phone or, preferably, by email: mwshurgot@earthlink.net. 

$1.00 fee for pies of required readings and related handouts

MATERIALS FEE:

$1.00 for copies of handouts

QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHING THIS COURSE:

Michael W. Shurgot received his PhD in Medieval and Renaissance Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught college Shakespeare courses for 36 years. He is the author of Stages of Play: Shakespeare’s Theatrical Energies in Elizabethan Performance (Delaware, 1998); editor of North American Players of Shakespeare: A Book of Interviews (Delaware, 2007); and co-editor with Yu Jin Ko of Shakespeare’s Sense of Character: From the Stage and On the Page (Ashgate, 2012). He reviews Shakespearean performances for Shakespeare Bulletin. To register for the class, contact Michael at (206) 522-8265, home, or mwshurgot@earthlink.net 

Michael P. Jensen is a scholar of Shakespeare and modern culture, especially Shakespeare in film, comics, and the marketing of Shakespeare to audiences. He has over 300 publications, 100 of which are about Shakespeare and the writers of his time. These have been published in Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Bulletin, The Ben Jonson Journal, Hogan's Alley, heard on KJAZ-FM, and he has written chapters for several books. Mike has lectured on Shakespeare in both popular and academic venues and taught at Southern Oregon University in Ashland. He is a Contributing Editor to Shakespeare Newsletter, where he created the "Talking Books" column. His professional website is michaelpjensen.com, where you will find his complete CV under “Publications.” Reach him at (541) 708-0449, home, or jensensh@hotmail.com 

First Meeting:

9 a.m. on the first day of class on the bricks outside the Angus Bowmer Theater.

What to Bring:

Play texts plus writing materials and a notebook

Warm clothes for outdoor plays

Possibly, theater glasses, if you like them

Warm

Important Additional Information:

You must arrange your own accommodations in Ashland. Once you are registered and have paid your deposit, call hotels/motels in Ashland ASAP. Call (541) 482-2111 and ask for the Festival Brochure, which lists hotels, motels, and B&Bs.

COURSE SCHEDULE: SHAKESPEARE IN ASHLAND: 2017

(subject to change.)

 2017 Plays:

 Julius Caesar, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, The Merry Wives of Windsor

 DATE TIME                        ACTIVITY                  PURPOSE

 8/15: 9 a.m. -   9:45 a.m.     Introduce Course      Handouts & paperwork

        10 a.m. - Noon            Backstage Tour          To learn about staging              

        1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.    View I Henry IV    

         8:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m.   View Merry Wives of Windsor

 8/16:     9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.   Discuss I Henry IV & M. Wives  To analyze productions

 10:45 a.m. - Noon     Discuss II Henry IV     To introduce play

              1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  View II Henry IV 

        8/17     9 a.m.  - 10:30 a.m.  Discuss II Henry IV     To analyze productions

                       11:15 a.m. - Noon           Discuss Julius Caesar        To introduce play

     8                 8/18       9 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.        Discuss Julius Caesar        To analyze production

0:30 a.                                   10:30-11:30 a.m.   Discussion with OSF actor  To analyze performance choices

1::30 p.m. - 3                                11:30 p.m. Discuss teaching methods  Apply OSF experience to teaching outcomes 6-8 p.m. Final Dinner Location TBA

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