This will be a participatory class, which will include: literary analysis, lively discussions, and oral interpretation. We shall read three of his most famous plays. We shall take parts and read significant scenes, discuss their intricacies and themes such as innate isolation, loneliness, and longing that appear again and again. In seeking to find connections, his characters often find themselves in dysfunction with the world and people around them. While set in the South, they are universal, poetic, powerful, and the work of the American Shakespeare.
We shall read 3 plays;
Orpheus Descending
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Night of the Iguana.
B.A in English and History
M.A. and EdSp. (doctorate) in Gifted and Talented Education
Actor
Founder of 2 theaters
Playwright and poet
professor
Required Materials:
copies of the 3 plays
The Night of the Iguana