Slide 1Frogs EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Comedy kômôidia, revel- song ritual celebration, including mockery introduced into the City Dionysia around 486 BC incorporated…

Slide 1Tartuffe EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Molière’s life 1622: Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, to a wealthy middle-class family in Paris c. 1643: Joined Madeline Béjart…

Slide 1World War II European Theatre Slide 2 War in Europe Much of war planning was joint British- American strategy  American in favor of immediate offensive against…

Slide 1The Spanish Tragedy EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Slide 3 Published in 1592 but probably written and first performed in the late 1580s; a play called Jeronimo was…

Slide 1 Phèdre EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Slide 3 Racine’s life 1639: Born in La Ferté-Milon; orphaned at a young age and lives with his grandparents 1649: Racine’s…

Slide 1 The Skriker EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Caryl Churchill (1938-) Wrote extensively for radio in her early career Oeuvre of feminist and socialist drama, including:…

Slide 1Miss Julie EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 August Strindberg (1849-1912) 1849: born in Stockholm to a shipping agent and a former maidservant. 1856-67: attends a variety…

Slide 1The Bacchae EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 Euripides (c.480-406 BC) Wrote 92 plays, of which 19 survive Often revisionist Political and religious scepticism Rarely…

Slide 1 Revision lecture EN302: European Theatre Slide 2 O What’s the rubric for the exam? O Can I write about the same texts in the exam as I did in my coursework essays?…

Slide 1 “Allies Strike Back” 1941-1945 European Theatre Slide 2 Slide 3 Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941: Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa: Invasion of Soviet Union…