Study Guide for Midterm -- EN 230

Above is a picture of Syracuse Stage's 2007 production of Death of a Salesman, and below is our study guide.

The following texts will be on our midterm:

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, August Wilson's Fences, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, and Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechuan.

The following performances will be as well:

the scenes from Richard III and Looking for Richard that we saw

the March 3 performance of Living Out

For our first set of links from class, see the link below:

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/181

My review of Arthur Miller's Salesman in Beijing is here:

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/182

To see the links for Fences, see below:

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/183

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/184

A picture from Syracuse Stage's 2010 performance of Fences is below:


I've reviewed two other plays in the Century Cycle as well:

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/49/August_Wilsons_Gem_of_The_Ocean_

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/107/More_Local_Theater...August_Wilsons_Radio_Golf

For Angels in America, see the link below:

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/185

This entry has more information about Angels, Living Out, and M. Butterfly (including Madame Butterfly):

http://worldlit2.multiply.com/journal/item/186

East West Theater in LA has done an interesting version of M. Butterfly (see below).  As you can see, the actor playing Song plays "her" as a less girly woman, and the actor playing Gallimard looks a little like Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman.