Comments on: The Tempest, 11-19-05 at Theatre Unbound http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nopenname http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385&cpage=1#comment-3679 Nopenname Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:51:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385#comment-3679 No, that's why the quotes. The professer was pretty close to certifiable. He was an English professor who was currently getting his BFA in theater at the same university...and was OBSESSED with Shakespeare. His Syllabus was 14 pages long all small text in PARAGRAPHS. Going on and on about how football is linked back to a game played on the holidays during the type of feasts and local performances held like the one we were going to do. And then...he'd quiz us on the Syllabus. Not asking us when the final was but more like "What sport loved by Americans..." His quizzes on the reading were even worse. Not asking about characters or plot development in large, but asking SPECIFICALLY what insult one character would call another at ONE SPECIFIC point in the play. We actually had to go out and learn combat with silver painted tomato sticks and GIANT quarter staffs he cut and kept in his office. There was never a day where we just got to sit down and do group work or read or discuss literature like a normal English class. No, that’s why the quotes. The professer was pretty close to certifiable. He was an English professor who was currently getting his BFA in theater at the same university…and was OBSESSED with Shakespeare. His Syllabus was 14 pages long all small text in PARAGRAPHS. Going on and on about how football is linked back to a game played on the holidays during the type of feasts and local performances held like the one we were going to do. And then…he’d quiz us on the Syllabus. Not asking us when the final was but more like “What sport loved by Americans…” His quizzes on the reading were even worse. Not asking about characters or plot development in large, but asking SPECIFICALLY what insult one character would call another at ONE SPECIFIC point in the play.

We actually had to go out and learn combat with silver painted tomato sticks and GIANT quarter staffs he cut and kept in his office. There was never a day where we just got to sit down and do group work or read or discuss literature like a normal English class.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385&cpage=1#comment-3678 girldetective Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:29:34 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385#comment-3678 If you did it "as it was done" did you have an all male cast? If you did it “as it was done” did you have an all male cast?

]]> By: Nopenname http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385&cpage=1#comment-3669 Nopenname Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:43:13 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385#comment-3669 I've had all SORTS of cramps and contractions this pregnancy compared to the NOTHING I felt in the first one (though I'm not exactly sure how far along you are). Also, In college (almost two years ago now) I took a class called Feast and Folly, and we put on Shakespeare "As it was done" in the past with 'local costume' and minimal props. We did the Tempest. It was rather fun. I’ve had all SORTS of cramps and contractions this pregnancy compared to the NOTHING I felt in the first one (though I’m not exactly sure how far along you are).

Also, In college (almost two years ago now) I took a class called Feast and Folly, and we put on Shakespeare “As it was done” in the past with ‘local costume’ and minimal props. We did the Tempest. It was rather fun.

]]> By: emily http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385&cpage=1#comment-3668 emily Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=385#comment-3668 I'm glad you and swimmy are ok (swimmy??). That must have been incredibly scary. I’m glad you and swimmy are ok (swimmy??). That must have been incredibly scary.

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