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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 1 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) 2 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6