Ballet Version
George Dillon's Version
James Madison University's Version
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Lysistrata's Oath
Lysistrata’s Oath
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0242;query=card%3D%236;layout=;loc=175
LYSISTRATA
SO, grasp the brim, you, Lampito, and all.
You, Calonice, repeat for the rest
Each word I say. Then you must all take oath
And pledge your arms to the same stern conditions--
LYSISTRATA
To husband or lover I'll not open arms
CALONICE
To husband or lover I'll not open arms
LYSISTRATA
Though love and denial may enlarge his charms.
CALONICE
Though love and denial may enlarge his charms.
O, O, my knees are failing me, Lysistrata!
LYSISTRATA
But still at home, ignoring him, I'll stay,
CALONICE
But still at home, ignoring him, I'll stay,
LYSISTRATA
Beautiful, clad in saffron silks all day.
CALONICE
Beautiful, clad in saffron silks all day.
LYSISTRATA
If then he seizes me by dint of force,
CALONICE
If then he seizes me by dint of force,
LYSISTRATA
I'll give him reason for a long remorse.
CALONICE
I'll give him reason for a long remorse.
LYSISTRATA
I'll never lie and stare up at the ceiling,
CALONICE
I'll never lie and stare up at the ceiling,
LYSISTRATA
Nor like a lion on all fours go kneeling.
CALONICE
Nor like a lion on all fours go kneeling.
LYSISTRATA
If I keep faith, then bounteous cups be mine.
CALONICE
If I keep faith, then bounteous cups be mine.
LYSISTRATA
If not, to nauseous water change this wine.
CALONICE
If not, to nauseous water change this wine.
LYSISTRATA
Do you all swear to this?
MYRRHINE
We do, we do.
LYSISTRATA
Then I shall immolate the victim thus.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0242;query=card%3D%236;layout=;loc=175
LYSISTRATA
SO, grasp the brim, you, Lampito, and all.
You, Calonice, repeat for the rest
Each word I say. Then you must all take oath
And pledge your arms to the same stern conditions--
LYSISTRATA
To husband or lover I'll not open arms
CALONICE
To husband or lover I'll not open arms
LYSISTRATA
Though love and denial may enlarge his charms.
CALONICE
Though love and denial may enlarge his charms.
O, O, my knees are failing me, Lysistrata!
LYSISTRATA
But still at home, ignoring him, I'll stay,
CALONICE
But still at home, ignoring him, I'll stay,
LYSISTRATA
Beautiful, clad in saffron silks all day.
CALONICE
Beautiful, clad in saffron silks all day.
LYSISTRATA
If then he seizes me by dint of force,
CALONICE
If then he seizes me by dint of force,
LYSISTRATA
I'll give him reason for a long remorse.
CALONICE
I'll give him reason for a long remorse.
LYSISTRATA
I'll never lie and stare up at the ceiling,
CALONICE
I'll never lie and stare up at the ceiling,
LYSISTRATA
Nor like a lion on all fours go kneeling.
CALONICE
Nor like a lion on all fours go kneeling.
LYSISTRATA
If I keep faith, then bounteous cups be mine.
CALONICE
If I keep faith, then bounteous cups be mine.
LYSISTRATA
If not, to nauseous water change this wine.
CALONICE
If not, to nauseous water change this wine.
LYSISTRATA
Do you all swear to this?
MYRRHINE
We do, we do.
LYSISTRATA
Then I shall immolate the victim thus.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Exonerated: The Play's Characters
Kerry Max Cook: Conviceted of murdering a neighbor in Texas in 1977; exonerated in 1997
Gary Gauger: Convicted of murdering his mother and father in Illinois in 1993; exonerated in 1996
Robert Earl Hayes: Black Florida racetrack worker convicted of murdering a white woman in 1999; exonerated in 1997
Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs: Convicted, along with common law husband, Jesse Tafero, and his friend, Walter Rhodes, of murdering a Florida state trooper and a visiting Canadian officer in 1976l plead no contest and was released in 1992. Tafero was executed in 1990.
David Keaton: Convicted of murdering a Florida police officer in 1971; exonerated in 1973.
Delbert Tibbs: Black Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974; exonerated in 1976. He was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge.
Gary Gauger: Convicted of murdering his mother and father in Illinois in 1993; exonerated in 1996
Robert Earl Hayes: Black Florida racetrack worker convicted of murdering a white woman in 1999; exonerated in 1997
Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs: Convicted, along with common law husband, Jesse Tafero, and his friend, Walter Rhodes, of murdering a Florida state trooper and a visiting Canadian officer in 1976l plead no contest and was released in 1992. Tafero was executed in 1990.
David Keaton: Convicted of murdering a Florida police officer in 1971; exonerated in 1973.
Delbert Tibbs: Black Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974; exonerated in 1976. He was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge.
Exonerated: Production History
In spring of 2002, "The Exonerated" authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen co-directed a critically acclaimed production of The Exonerated at the Los Angeles Actors' Gang Theater under the Artistic Direction of Tim Robbins. (TheExonerated.com)
The play was first presented in New York City; the final performance was in Minneapolis in 2002. (The Exonerated-Wikipedia)
The play was first presented in New York City; the final performance was in Minneapolis in 2002. (The Exonerated-Wikipedia)
A made for TV version (picture shown at the left) was aired on January 27th, 2005 starring Brain Dennehy, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn and David Brown Jr. Exonerated: Missouri Facts And Figures
There is not an instance in which someone has been exonerated due to DNA evidence in Missouri. While there is no single online source showing everyone from Missouri exonerated by DNA, the Innocence Project provides profiles of those persons they have helped exonerate (this complete list is sortable by State). (DNA.GOV)
Exonerated Facts And Figures
Over 400 exonerees in our country have proven their innocence and been released from prison after having been convicted of crimes they did not commit. On average, they serve more than 12 years in prison before release. (Life After Exoneration)
California Fact Sheet
Number of Active LAEP Exonerees: 25
Average Length of Time wrongfully convicted and spent in prison: 12 years
Number of Children Affected: unknown
Underemployed: 46%
Financially Dependent on others: 46%
No Health Insurance: 54%
Have Basic Needs: 50%
Compensated: 27%
(Life After Exoneration)
Texas Fact Sheet
Number of Active LAEP Exonerees: 6
Number of Semi -active LAEP Exonerees: 5
Total Texas Exonerees assisted by LAEP: 11
Number Awaiting Services: 25
Average Length of Time wrongfully convicted and spent in prison: 12 years
Number of children affected: unknown
Underemployed: 46%
Financially Dependent on others: 46%
No Health Insurance: 54%
Have Basic Needs: 50%
Compensated: unknown
(Life After Exoneration)
Since 1989, more than 200 prisoners have been exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States. (New York Times)
List of The Exonerated
Average number of years between being sentenced to death and exoneration: 9.5 years
Number of cases in which DNA played a substantial factor in establishing innocence: 16
(DeathPenaltyInfo.org)
California Fact Sheet
Number of Active LAEP Exonerees: 25
Average Length of Time wrongfully convicted and spent in prison: 12 years
Number of Children Affected: unknown
Underemployed: 46%
Financially Dependent on others: 46%
No Health Insurance: 54%
Have Basic Needs: 50%
Compensated: 27%
(Life After Exoneration)
Texas Fact Sheet
Number of Active LAEP Exonerees: 6
Number of Semi -active LAEP Exonerees: 5
Total Texas Exonerees assisted by LAEP: 11
Number Awaiting Services: 25
Average Length of Time wrongfully convicted and spent in prison: 12 years
Number of children affected: unknown
Underemployed: 46%
Financially Dependent on others: 46%
No Health Insurance: 54%
Have Basic Needs: 50%
Compensated: unknown
(Life After Exoneration)
Since 1989, more than 200 prisoners have been exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States. (New York Times)
List of The Exonerated
Average number of years between being sentenced to death and exoneration: 9.5 years
Number of cases in which DNA played a substantial factor in establishing innocence: 16
(DeathPenaltyInfo.org)
Friday, June 13, 2008
Hamlet Cut
An assignment we had in which we had to cut the famous "To be or not to be..." soliloquoy.
HAMLET
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
HAMLET
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Definitions
This is the beginning of a project I have to do for a class called "What Lies Beneath". Pay no mind if it doesn't concern you.
Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy
"The bridge between production and knowledge"-Dave's definition at 4:31, July 10, 2008
Dramaturgy: is the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage. Some dramatists combine writing and dramaturgy when creating a drama. Others work with a specialist, called a dramaturge, to adapt a work to the stage. (Source)
Dramaturgy: the craft or techniques of dramatic composition (Source)
Dramaturgy: the art of the theater, especially with regard to the techniques involved in writing plays (Source)
Dramaturgy: is the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage. Some dramatists combine writing and dramaturgy when creating a drama. Others work with a specialist, called a dramaturge, to adapt a work to the stage. (Source)
Dramaturgy: the craft or techniques of dramatic composition (Source)
Dramaturgy: the art of the theater, especially with regard to the techniques involved in writing plays (Source)
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