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4-6-1973
Alan Cook teaching this spring in London, England
University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations
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ALAN COOK TEACHING 1lHS SPRING IN LONDON, ENGLAND
I·IISSOULA-- Alan Cook, an assistant professor in the University of Montana Department of
Drama, is teaching spring quarter in London, England.
Cook, who also is associate director of the ~bntana Repertory Theater at UM, is teaching two courses in the Northwest Interinstitutional Study Abroad Program, \'lhich has campuses in London and in Avignon, France. NISAB chairman is Dr. John E.
Van de Wetering, chairman of the UM Department of History.
"One of Cook's courses, a survey of the history of English theater, will explore
the theater as it relates to the social, political, religious, ethical and artistic
tensions of English civilization," Van de Wetering said. "The other course will be a study of contemporary British dramatic literature, beginning with John Osborne and including Harold Pinter, John Arden, Tom Stoppard, David Storey and others."
After Cook completes his overseas teaching assignment, he and his wife, Suzanne, will travel in the British Isles, France, Scandinavian nations and other continental countries.
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