- Sacrifice of Isaac.
- Noah’s Flood.
- Secunda Pastorum.
- The Jew of Malta. Marlowe.
- Knights of the Burning Pestle. Beaumont & Fletcher.
- Alexander and Campaspe. Lyly.
- Shoemaker’s Holiday. Dekker.
- As You Like It. Shakespeare.
- Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare.
- The Tempest. Shakespeare.
- Henry V. Shakespeare.
- School for Scandal. Sheridan.
- The Rivals. Sheridan.
- The Good Natured Man. Goldsmith.
- Lady of Lyons. Lytton.
- Becket. Tennyson.
- Blot in the Scutcheon. Browning.
- Caste. Robertson, or
- School. Robertson (for type of new realistic school).
- London Assurance. Boucicault (for reversion to 18th century comedy of manners).
- His House in Order. Pinero.
- The Magistrate. Pinero.
- Judah. Jones.
- Doll’s House. Ibsen.
- Pillars of Society. Ibsen.
- An Enemy to the People. Ibsen.
- Ulysses. Stephen Phillips.
- The Blue Bird. Maeterlinck.
- The Piper. Peabody.
- The Servant in the House. Kennedy.
- Strife. Galsworthy.
- Riders to the Sea. Synge.
Outline of Class Work.
1. Origin and development of drama among the Greeks; study of a play from the period of their highest literary achievement.
2. Brief consideration of the forerunners of the modern English drama; (1) miracle plays, (2) moralities, (3) early English farces, (4) pre-Shakespearean drama. Examples of types (2) and (4) studied.
3. Shakespearean Drama: study of one each of the comedy and tragedy (those not studied in the regular English courses).
4. Brief review of the history of the drama from the beginning of the 17th to the end of the 18th century. Study of one of the best types of 18th century comedy.
5. Important phases of 19th century drama considered. Study of a transition type.
6. The contemporary drama; its broad range as to both matter and manner opening great possibilities—of achievement for the dramatist, of education for the audience.
Method.