Thinking of Marie de France
October 01, 2021
For our upcoming session, I suggest you read "Guigemar" and "Yönec." Then, consider these groupings:
- Le Chaitivel, Bisclavret, Equitan
- Lanval, Le Fresne, Eliduc
- Milun, Laüstic, Chevrefoil, Les Deux Amanz
The Lais were meant to be heard -- here is a link to an audiobook version available from Audible:
Readings of Lanval & Yönec:
In addition, here are two great resources you can use to prepare for our reading and discussion of the Lais of Marie de France:
British Library:
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-lays-and-fables-of-marie-de-france
Kathy Krause:
https://middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/“lais”-marie-de-france
Cite:
Krause, Kathy. “The Lais of Marie de France,” Middle Ages for Educators, April 10, 2020. Accessed[date]. https://middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/node/266/
Roman Replays
September 25, 2021
Here are links to resources related to our reading of Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus.
Video performance inspired by the The Brothers Menaechumus
The Homebuddies Perform The Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus!
The Good, the Bad, and the Menaechmi
Brothers Menaechmus - Oak Park High School
Roman Theater & Theater History - Video
Dances to Flute Music and Obscene Verse. It's Roman Theater, Everybody: Crash Course Theater #5
Roman Theater with Plautus, Terence, and Seneca: Crash Course Theater #6
Previous post on this site for Theater History
https://www.brilliantminds.info/2021/01/theater-links.html
Books on Roman Theater
Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy Reprint Edition
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy (Oxford Handbooks) Illustrated Edition
Music in Roman Comedy Reprint Edition
The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy 1st Edition
Classical Literary Criticism, including Horace's Ars Poetica
Classical Literary Criticism (Penguin Classics) 2Rev Ed Edition, Kindle Edition
Book Lists for Summer and Fall 2021
May 17, 2021
Summer 2021 Book list
Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Picador)
Michael Thomas, Man Gone Down (Black Cat)
Claudia Rankine, Just Us: An American Conversation (Graywolf)
Jericho Brown, The Tradition (Copper Canyon)
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Discomfort of Evening (Graywolf)
Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife (Back Bay)
Fall 2021 Book list
Plautus, The Brothers Menaechmus, in Four Comedies, trans. Segal (Oxford)
Marie de France, The Lais of Marie de France, trans. Gilbert (Norton Critical)
Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, ed. Mowat (Folger/Simon & Schuster)
Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, trans. Lyngstad (Penguin)
Irène Némirovsky, Suite française, trans. Smith (Vintage)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun (Knopf)
Aphra Behn's The Rover
March 02, 2021
Royal Shakespeare Company - background and trailer
https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-rover/
Georgetown University - Department of Performing Arts
https://performingarts.georgetown.edu/the-rover-reframe/
Shakesqueer Theatre Company - via Facebook
From backstage at the Goodman to kids & clips
Measure for Measure
February 18, 2021
Watch Measure for Measure for our next class
https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/AW2GtAcupx3F9_4Aqetv (with Mark Rylance)
https://globeplayer.tv/videos/ measure-for-measure-english (Dir. Dominic Dromgoole rent/buy)
https://youtu.be/uaWyB5epNGE (Texas Shakespeare Festival - free)
Red Bull talk on Antony and Cleopatra
February 18, 2021
https://www.redbulltheater.com/cuccioli-robins-podversation