| 1 | Introduction and Overview | |
| 2 | Film Screening of A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 3 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 4 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (cont.) | |
| 5 | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| 6 | Film Screening of Much Ado About Nothing | |
| 7 | Much Ado About Nothing (cont.) | |
| | Paper 1 due (exploring the relationship between an episode in performance-screen or live-and the written text) |
| 8 | Much Ado About Nothing (cont.) | |
| 9 | Othello | |
| 10 | Othello (cont.) | |
| 11 | Othello (cont.) | |
| 12 | Hamlet | |
| 13 | Hamlet: Performance Groups Assigned | |
| | Revision of paper 1 due |
| 14 | Hamlet (cont.) | |
| 15 | Performance Group Meetings | |
| 16 | Hamlet (cont.) | |
| 17 | Hamlet (cont.)
Begin Henry IV, Part I | Course status email (PDF) |
| | Paper 2 due (close reading with attention to theme and language) |
| 18 | Henry IV, Part I. Section Reports | |
| 19 | Film Screening of Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944) | |
| 20 | Group Rehearsals | |
| 21 | Film Screening of Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989) | |
| 22 | Henry IV and Henry V. Section Reports. And/Or Guest Designer | |
| 23 | Henry V. Section Reports, if not completed. | |
| | Performances (Scenes from Hamlet, Henry IV, and Henry V) |
| 24 | King Lear | Optional paper 2 revision due |
| 25 | Film Screening of Ran | |
| 26 | King Lear | |
| 27 | King Lear (cont.) | |
| 28 | The Tempest | |
| | Comparative essay due |
| 29 | The Tempest (cont.) | |
| 30 | Film Screening of Prospero's Books | |
| 31 | The Tempest and Conclusions | |
| Final Examination During Exam Period | |