Readings for Drama Section (Play Synopses)

Due to copyright restrictions, most readings for the drama section can be found either in the textbook or in Blackboard for now. The first plays we will be reading are:

Ruined by Lynn Nottage (synopsis only in link)

Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar (synopsis only in link)

Here are synopses of other plays we will look at in class:

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Othello by William Shakespeare

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles