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1 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Dr. David Lavery Summer 2015 Theatre of the 1960s

2 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays The American Dream (Albee) The Caretaker (Pinter) Period of Adjustment (Williams) Toys in the Attic (Hellman)

3 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays Happy Days (Beckett) The Night of the Iguana (Williams) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee)

4 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

5 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1963 Major Plays Play (Beckett) Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (Kopit) Barefoot in the Park (Simon) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Williams) The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of Monsieur de Sade (Weiss)

6 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1964 Major Plays Tiny Alice (Albee) Funnyhouse of a Negro (Kennedy) After the Fall (Miller) Incident at Vichy (Miller) Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Orton) Cowboys (Kopit) The Rock Garden (Shepard) Dutchman (Baraka)

7 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays The Owl Answers (Kennedy) Chamber Music (Kopit) Loot (Kopit) The Homecoming (Pinter) The Odd Couple (Simon) The Mutilated (Williams) Chicago (Shepard) Icarus's Mother (Shepard)r 4-H Club (Shepard)

8 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1966 Major Plays A Delicate Balance (Albee) Come and Go (Beckett) Sweet Charity (Simon) The Star-Spangled Girl (Simon) Red Cross (Shepard)

9 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays Everything in the Garden (Albee) A Rat's Mass (Kennedy) The Good and Faithful Servant (Orton) La Turista (Shepard) Cowboys #2 (Shepard) Forensic & the Navigators (Shepard) Macbird (Garson) Hair (Rado and Ragni)

10 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1968 Major Plays A Lesson in Dead Language (Kennedy) The Price(Miller) Plaza Suite (Simon) Promises, Promises (Simon) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard) The Seven Descents of Myrtle (Williams)

11 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays Breath (Beckett) A Beast's Story (Kennedy) Boats (Kennedy) What the Butler Saw (Orton) The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Simon) In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel (Williams) Indians (Kopit) The Unseen Hand (Shepard)

12 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s: 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Major Plays The Holy Ghostly (Shepard) Operation Sidewinder (Shepard)

13 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Edward Albee (1927- ) The American Dream (1960) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961–1962) Tiny Alice (1964) A Delicate Balance (1966) Everything in the Garden (1967)

14 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Samuel Beckett (1906- 1989) Happy Days (1961) Play (1963) Come and Go (1966) Breath (1969)

15 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Barbara Garson (1941- ) MacBird (1967)

16 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Lillian Hellman (1905- 1984) Toys in the Attic (1960)

17 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ) Funnyhouse of a Negro (1964) The Owl Answers (1965) A Rat's Mass (1967) A Lesson in Dead Language (1968) A Beast's Story (1969) Boats (1969)

18 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Arthur Kopit Chamber Music (1965) Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1963) Indians (1969)

19 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Arthur Miller (1915-2005) After the Fall (1964) Incident at Vichy (1964) The Price (1968)

20 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Joe Orton (1933-1967) Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1964) Loot (1965) The Good and Faithful Servant (1967) What the Butler Saw (1969)

21 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Harold Pinter (1930-2008) The Caretaker (1960) The Homecoming (1965)

22 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Neil Simon (1927- ) Barefoot in the Park (1963) The Odd Couple (1965) Sweet Charity (1966) The Star-Spangled Girl (1966) Plaza Suite (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969)

23 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Sam Shepard 1964: Cowboys 1964: The Rock Garden 1965: Chicago 1965: Icarus's Mother 1965: 4-H Club 1966: Red Cross 1967: La Turista 1967: Cowboys #2 1967: Forensic & the Navigators 1969: The Unseen Hand 1970: The Holy Ghostly 1970: Operation Sidewinder

24 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Tom Stoppard (1937- ) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968)

25 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Peter Weiss (1916- 1982) The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of Monsieur de Sade (1964)

26 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) Period of Adjustment (1960) The Night of the Iguana (1961) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963) The Mutilated (1965) The Seven Descents of Myrtle (1968) In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel (1969)

27 ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Theatre of the 1960s Playwrights Active in the 1960s: xxxx

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