In the winter term, we will be studying a drama text. Before selecting the text, I would like you to know a little about the plays under consideration, and to state a preference.

Over the next couple of weeks, I will try to find time for the class to use computers so that you can do a little research into each before coming to an informed decision.

You should read a synopsis of the plot of each, watch YouTube clips of the play in performance, and read a little about the playwright.

• Doctor Faustus – Christopher Marlowe
• Hamlet – William Shakespeare
• Othello – William Shakespeare
• King Lear – William Shakespeare
• Coriolanus – William Shakespeare
• The Crucible – Arthur Miller
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
• The History Boys – Alan Bennett