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MT Reading Lists - One Play each 3 weeks
Freshmen Junior Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream Moliere The Odd Couple (Simon) Sophocles Our Town (Wilder) Euripides Death of a Salesman (Miller) Aeschylus The Heidi Chronicles (Wasserstein) Cyrano de Bergerac (Rostand) Ah, Wilderness (O’Neill) Crimes of the Heart (Henley) Harvey (Chase) You Can’t Take It With You (Kaufman/Hart) A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry) The Crucible (Miller) Senior The Glass Menagerie (Williams) Beckett Harold Pinter Sam Shepard August Wilson Sophomore David Mamet The Three Sisters (Chekhov) Sarah Ruhl The Seagull (Chekhov) Annie Baker Hedda Gabler (Ibsen) The Bald Soprano (Ionesco) The Hairy Ape (O’Neill) Rhinoceros (Ionesco) A Doll House (Ibsen) The Three Penny Opera (Brecht) The Stronger (Strindberg) Mother Courage (Brecht) Miss Julie (Strindberg) Beyond Therapy (Durang) A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Williams) Long Day’s Journey into Night (O’Neill) The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilder) Top Girls (Churchill) Zoo Story (Albee) Angels in America (2 plays) (Kuschner) True West (Shepard) Dutchman (Jones) Pygmalion (Shaw) How I Learned to Drive (Vogel) Major Barbara (Shaw) Topdog/Underdog (Parks) Proof (Auburn) August: Osage County (Letts)
2 Actor Viewing List—One Film Each Three Weeks You may check out a dvd from the MT library, or view a film via an on-line streaming service. If you choose to do the latter, you MUST get my permission first for your film choice.
Freshmen/Acting 1 Juniors/Acting 3* Clark Gable Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier Mrs. Patrick Campbell James Stewart Ingrid Bergman John Giegud Sarah Bernhardt James Cagney Bette Davis Kenneth Branagh Peggy Ashcroft Spencer Tracy Olivia de Havilland Edwin Booth Judi Dench Humphrey Bogart Judy Garland John Barrymore Helen Mirren Cary Grant Greta Garbo David Garrick Vanessa Redgrave Henry Fonda Vivien Leigh Richard Burton Sarah Siddons Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwick Derek Jacobi Ellen Terry Charlie Chaplin Jean Arthur Edmund Kean Edith Evans Buster Keaton Mary Pickford Ian McKellen Maggie Smith Douglas Fairbanks Lillian Gish Paul Scofield Vanessa Redgrave Lon Chaney Marlene Dietrich Herbert Beerbohm Tree John Wayne Rosalind Russell Kevin Kline The Marx Bros. Clara Bow Richard Burbage Charles Laughton Joan Crawford Mark Rylance Henry Irving
*Acting 3 students will watch films of Shakespeare plays. These actors are people you will research later in the year. Sophomores/Acting 2 Marlon Brando Marilyn Monroe Seniors/Acting 4 Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Jack Nicholson Ellen Burstyn James Dean Joanne Woodward Woody Allen Diane Keaton Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Robert Duvall Faye Dunaway Gregory Peck Doris Day Robert De Niro Meryl Streep Peter O’Toole Julie Andrews Al Pacino Sissy Spacek Sidney Poitier Jane Fonda Daniel Day Lewis Holly Hunter Peter Sellers Audrey Hepburn Sean Penn Emma Thompson William Holden Grace Kelly Gene Hackman Frances McDormand Alec Guinness Anne Bancroft Dustin Hoffman Helen Mirren Jack Lemmon Julie Christie Anthony Hopkins Kate Winslet George C. Scott Judy Holliday Chadwick Boseman Jodie Foster Albert Finney Shirley MacLaine Russell Crowe Viola Davis Paul Newman Glenda Jackson Denzel Washington Dianne Wiest Cate Blanchett Forrest Whitaker Penelope Cruz Michael B Jordan Tilda Swinton Morgan Freeman Melissa Leo Christian Bale Octavia Spencer Don Cheadle Charlize Theron Tom Hanks Hillary Swank Heath Ledger Julianne Moore Javier Bardem Angela Bassett 3 MT Viewing/Reading Assignment Due Date: Name:
Film: Performer:
Analysis Moment illustrated below:
Action: To ______Scene Objective: To ______Obstacle: ______
Play: Character:
Favorite Scene: Why?
Super-Objective: To ______Scene Objective: To ______
Scene Obstacle: ______