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ENGL 290: London Theatre Seminar
Intersession SUNY Geneseo
Professor Melanie Blood
This info is on my Geneseo web site: www.geneseo.edu/~blood
London locations:
We are in Bloomsbury, directly north of the West End, built in 1600’s, an artists’ and writers’
area since 19th century.
Housing and telephones:
Acorn of London Ltd - 19 Bedford Place, London, WC1B 5JA
Telephone numbers 020 7636 8325 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm)
020 7693 5368 this is our security desk number and is manned between 5:30pm and 8:30am
Monday to Friday and all weekend.
Your flats are in Bedford Place, London WC1B 3LA. Nearest tube stop: Russell Square (High
Holborn and Tottenham Ct Rd are about the same distance)
Men’s flat/phone:
13 Bedford Place, Flat B, London, UK WC1B 5JA
telephone # 020 7693 5345
2 twin bedrooms
Women’s flat/phone:
18 Bedford Place, Flat B, London, UK WC1B 5JA
telephone #020 7693 53611
2 triple bedrooms
My flat/phone: 51 Gower St, Flat B London WC1E 6HJ.
Telephone number #020 7693 5375; my US cell phone 585-727-1630 (US country
code=1; most phones have international assist)
PHONING FROM THE US: DIAL 011 FOR INTERNATIONAL, USE COUNTRY CODE “44” 1ST, and
leave off first 0 – just do the London code of “20”
Wireless access: is free in your flats. Before leaving, go online with the following link. You
will need the above housing info and the MAC address of your wireless card (there is a link
for how to find that on this form).
http://www.acorn-london.co.uk/study-abroad/formWireless.aspx
Classes, of which there are 3, lasting 2 hours each, will be held at the FSU Study Center, 98104 Great Russell St. Bloomsbury, London, England WC1B 3LA. The Study Center also has a
computer lab (where you can print) and library (where you can check out films and tourism
guides).
Travel in London: All other events (plays, tours, etc.) are accessible on the tube, and I have
noted the station for each. I will give you tube passes – you have 2 one-week passes and 1
three-day pass, which will take you anywhere in the central 2 districts of London. It will
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work on the bus outside those two districts, and if you want to ride the tube further out you
pay a surcharge. Pick up both a tube and street map of central London, and take them and
your student ID card with you everywhere.
Paris weekend Jan 4-6: I will cover not only the Eurostar, but also the FIAP rooms for two
nights (includes “demi pension” of breakfast and dinner) and Metro tickets and the tour of
the Paris Opera and a Seine boat tour out of your seminar tuition. That weekend most
museums have free hours. Suggestions for and info on Paris sites are on a separate page.
Paris housing and phone: FIAP Jean Monnet, 30, Rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France
http://www.fiap.asso.fr/ Phone (from US) 011 43 13 17 17
14e arrondissement, Glacière Metro stop
Theatre 290: London Theatre Seminar
Course requirements:
1. Attend the 9 plays pre-purchased for the class, at minimum.
2. Attend all the tours/workshops scheduled on the syllabus. A few are still in the process of
scheduling; they are marked with stars.
Shakespeare walking tour
Shakespeare's Globe -- tour, museum, and education class
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Tour
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Tour
National Theatre backstage tour
Banqueting House tour
Tower of London tour
Paris Opera, Palais Garnier tour in Paris
3. Participation in three classroom discussions on plays, projects, tours (12 points)
4. Complete 2 Museum Projects @ British Museum & V&A (12 points each, 24 total)
5. Complete 2 Scavenger Hunts @ National Portrait Gallery & Actors’ Church (8 points each,
16 total)
6. Write 1 2pp. essay on Elizabethan theatre and audiences based on experience of
Shakespeare’s Globe, Banqueting House, Shakespeare Walking tour. (12 points)
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7. Write 3, 1-2pp. reviews of theatrical productions; see the models given for each show. (12
points each, 36 total)
*100 total possible points for the course.
*A standard grading scale applies: 90-100=A, etc.
Additional London Theatre and Entertainment:
*Info on more shows: http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/ or
http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/. Plus the timeout link below, which has lots of reviews of
shows and general information.
*Timeout London is overall a great place to find out what else is on in London, the whole
time we're there. And of course you can click out of the theatre section to find comedy, music,
clubs, New Year’s events, etc. http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/
*Also, see the ½ price ticket booth in Leicester Square. They DO take credit cards, otherwise
it works like in Times Square – you get great deals on tickets for that day’s shows. AVOID the
shops selling tickets for blockbuster musicals – those tend to be markups.
**Battersea Arts Center (new and experimental works)
http://www.bac.org.uk/
**Barbican Arts Center (has film, theatre, art galleries, LOTS of new work)
http://www.barbican.org.uk/
**Soho Theatre (also an arts center and sponsors lots of new work, comedy, kids events, and
writing workshops)
http://www.sohotheatre.com/
Additional London Tourism
These are NOT required, though some are noted on our syllabus when we have another
event nearby, but they are my top recommendations for additional sightseeing.
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Westminster Abbey
9. Thames River Tour
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace 10. Tate and Tate Modern Galleries
Camden Town markets
11. National Gallery
The Eye of London
12. Burrough Market (FOOD)
St Paul’s Cathedral
13. Walking Tour: ie Harry Potter, Jack the Ripper
Cabinet War Rooms
14. 221B Baker St – Sherlock Holmes Museum
Namco Station
15. Charles Dickens’ home/museum
Madam Tussaud’s
16. Harrods Food Halls
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Theatre 290: F/ London Theatre Seminar
29 Dec 2012 -- 16 Jan 2013
Daily Syllabus
Sat 29 Dec 2012
Delta Flt 1, depart NYC JFK 7:25 pm; arrive London Heathrow 7:40 am, Sun 30 Dec
*Arrive 2.5-3 hours before flight. Our group will meet if possible to check in together, but
definitely in the departure lounge. I need all your US cell phone numbers in case of problems
with arrival at JFK.
Sun 30 Dec
Arrive 7:40 am into London Heathrow; coach to flats; check in to flats.
Tour of ATM, grocery store, post office, FSU Study Center on Great Russell St, ½ price ticket
booth. Get ID cards for Study Center, get laptops/wireless working. Nap.
Mon 31 Dec
New Year’s Eve fireworks by London Eye
Tues 1 Jan, 2013
New Year’s Day parade
Wed 2 Jan
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Thurs 3 Jan
Fri 4 Jan
PARIS
Eurostar to Paris. Depart St Pancras 7:01 am, arrive Paris, Gare du Nord, 10:17 am
Get Paris Metro cards; check in to FIAP Jean Monnet (includes breakfast and dinners)
FIAP Jean Monnet 30, Rue Cabinis 75014, Paris
France
Tel no from US: 01 43 13 17 17
14e Arrondissement, Glacière Metro stop
http://www.fiap.asso.fr/
Take Bateaux Mouches tour on Seine.
See extra page on Paris sightseeing.
Sat 5 Jan
PARIS
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English language tour of Palais Garnier, Paris Opera
Sun 6 Jan
PARIS
Eurostar to ondon. Depart 8:13 pm, Paris Gare du Nord, arrive London St Pancras,
9:39 pm
Mon 7 Jan
Tues 8 Jan
Wed 9 Jan
Thurs 10 Jan
Fri 11 Jan
Sat 12 Jan
Sun 13 Jan
Mon 14 Jan
Tues 15 Jan
Wed 16 Jan
Check out of flats; coach to London Heathrow (time TBA, approx 9 am)
Delta flt 6, depart London Heathrow 12:50 pm, arrive NYC JFK 4:20 pm
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