Project #5: Annotated Resource Guide-Script-The London Merchant

Online Resource #1:
Purdue University Press
"Comparative Literature and Culture"
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1188&context=clcweb
This resource covers the back lying culture and context of the era in which the play was written. It draws a comparison with another unrelated Japanese play called "Chushingura" but this resource is still valuable when trying to understand "The London Merchant" by George Lillo.

Online Resource #2:
Questia Online Database
"The London Merchant"-Complete Text
http://www.questia.com/read/91062520?title=The%20London%20Merchant
This resource is the actual full text of the play itself. This was the only online complete version of the play that I was able to locate as all the other directories were either just directing me to a paper copy in the library. After all it is important to have the actual text available when researching a play like "The London Merchant".

Online Resource #3:
Project "Muse"
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/elh/v068/68.4mazella.html
This resource follows the way of thinking that went on in the days that "The London Merchant" took place. This includes social norms, morality, and ways of punishment. This is important to know when studying the script of "TLM" because the play was written to be understood by a person of that era, not a person in the 21st century.

Online Resource #4:
Literature Resource Center
"Sentimentalism in Lillo's The London Merchant"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&contentSet=GALE|H1420073901&&docId=GALE|H1420073901&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource was important to understanding the original author's objective when he (George Lillo) wrote this play. It goes on to point out that Lillo gives off a neoclassical tragedy vibe as this was the dominant form of theatre in the 18th century.

Online Resource #5:
Literature Resource Center
"A Cult of Dependence: The Social Context of The London Merchant"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R3&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=7&contentSet=GALE|H1420004997&&docId=GALE|H1420004997&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource adds on to the whole "social context" issue of the play so that people of today's generation would still understand what George Lillo was trying to convey to his audience at the time.

Online Resource #6:
Literature Resource Center
"The London Merchant: Overview"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R4&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=8&contentSet=GALE|H1420004996&&docId=GALE|H1420004996&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource gives an over all sense of the play itself. It's written in contemporary English which is easier on the readers of today and the organization and layout of the online page itself makes it much easier to navigate and read when compared to other similar articles online.

Online Resource #7:
Literature Resource Center
"'The London Merchant' and the institution of apprenticeship"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R6&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=19&contentSet=GALE|A16946523&&docId=GALE|A16946523&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource gives a background in the practice of apprenticing in the days of "The London Merchant". It helps the reader understand the way that things happened back then. This is an important view to have when studying "The London Merchant".

Online Resource #8:
Literature Resource Center
"'The London Merchant' and eighteenth-century British law"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R6&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=16&contentSet=GALE|A16647011&&docId=GALE|A16647011&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource is important as it gives the reader some insight into the workings of the British Legal System at the time the play takes place. This is important information to have as it gives context to some of the happenings that take place in the play as it is quite different than that which we are used to here in the United States.

Online Resource #9:
Literature Resource Center
"Tears Abounding: The London Merchant as Puritan Tragedy"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R9&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=2&contentSet=GALE|H1420073903&&docId=GALE|H1420073903&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource gives an interesting aspect on the play by George Lillo. It contends that there was a large Puritan influence in the writting of this play. This is important for the reader to know as it adds additional context and meaning to the play which is up to the reader to identify.

Online Resource #10:
Literature Resource Center
"Exchange and Excess in Lillo's London Merchant"
http://go.galegroup.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=txshracd2543&tabID=T001&searchId=R10&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=6&contentSet=GALE|H1420073908&&docId=GALE|H1420073908&docType=GALE&role=LitRC
This resource gives the reader a look into the class system that was present at the time the play was written. This gives an insight to the economic situation that was faced at the time and thus some further context into the actions of the play.

Project #3: Medieval and Elizabethan Theatre-Dramaturgy-Macbeth

THE PAPER WITH THE PARAGRAPHS WILL BE TURNED IN SEPARATELY

(1.) Folger Theater
Washington D.C.-2008
Director: Aaron Posner
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936393.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

(2.) Indiana Repertory Theater
Indianapolis, Indiana-2008
Director: Janet Allen
http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2008/10/24/macbeth-at-the-indiana-repertory-theatre/

(3.) Dionysus Theater
Manhattan, New York City-2009
Director: Dave McCracken
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/theater/reviews/28macbeth.html
(4.) Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Ashland, Oregon-2009
Director: Gale Edwards
http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2009/03/theater_review_osfs_frenetic.html

(5.) Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, Illinois-2009
Director: Barbara Gaines
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/01/chicago-shakespeare-stages-a-gutsy-macbeth-with-hints-of-chicago.html

(6.) PCPA Theaterfest
Santa Maria, California-2010
Director: Patricia M. Troxel
http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/theatre-review-pcpa%E2%80%99s-macbeth-is-a-must-see/

(7.) Babes with Blades Theatre Troupe-Next Theatre

Chicago, Illinois-2009

Director: Kevin Heckman

http://chicagotheaterblog.com/2009/05/03/review_macbeth_babes-with-blades/

(8.) University of Michigan Theatre Department

Ann Arbor, Michigan-2009

Director: Philip Kerr

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/macbeth-review/

(9.) St. Ann's Warehouse Theatre Company-Polish Cultural Institute

New York City-2008

Director: Grzegorz Jarzyna

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937484.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

(10.) Harvey Theater-Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, New York City-2008

Director: Rupert Goold

http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/theater/reviews/15macb.html

Project #2: Classical Commedy and Commedia dell'Arte

MASK AND 500 WORD SUMMARY WILL BE TURNED IN TOGETHER.

Project #1: Classical Tragedy

Iphigenia in Taurus-Euripides
Classic Greek Theatre-Portland, OR-1997

Electra-Euripides
Badminton Theatre-Athens, Greece-2008

Agamemnon-Aeschylus
Classic Greek Theatre-Syracuse, Sicily-2008

The Libation Bearers-Aeschylus
Classic Greek Theatre-Portland, OR-1995

Helen-Euripides
University of Utah Department of Theatre-1989

Hippolytus-Euripides
University of Utah Department of Theatre-1997

Orestes-Euripides
Classic Greek Theatre-Portland, OR-2006

Oedipus at Colonus-Sophocles
Classic Greek Theatre-Portland, OR-2000

Philoctetes-Sophocles
New Workshop Theatre, CUNY Brooklyn-2003

Andromache-Euripides
Workmen's Circle Theatre (NYC)-2009

The Phoenician Women-Euripides
Epidaurus Theatre, Greece-1962

Ion-Euripides
Sidney Harman Hall-Washington D.C.-2009

The Persians-Aeschylus
Lansburgh Theatre-Washington D.C.-2009

Prometheus-Aeschylus
Univ. of Melbourne, Australia School of Creative Arts-2005

The Bacchae-Euripides
Menzies Theatre-La Trobe University, Australia-2001

Alcestis-Euripides
Menzies Theatre-La Trobe University, Australia-2004

Seven Against Thebes-Aeschylus
Univ. of Melbourne, Australia School of Creative Arts-2000

Heracles-Euripides
NYC Fringe and Watson Arts-2005

Hecuba-Euripides
Pearl Theater Company (NYC)-2006

Electra-Sophocles
Anderson Theatre of Gustavus Adolpus College (MN)-2006

Oedipus Rex-Sophocles
SUNY Albany Theatre Department-1990

Medea-Euripides
Univ. of British Columbia Theatre-2009

Choefores-Aeschylus

Thessalian Theatre-Athens, Greece-2009

Antigone-Sophocles

Tron Theatre-Glasgow, Scotland-2007

The Trojan Women-Euripides

Greek Theatre of Saint Elizabeth Women's College (NJ)-2009

THE 500 WORD RESPONSE WILL BE TURNED IN AS A PAPER COPY.