Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-24
PLAN OF THE WORK
The Outline of Professor DEM
mons Lectures on
SHAKESPEARE AND THE DRAMA
rogsshsr With Syllabus Of tins WoIk
and th- LIST Of R=l-E=nes Books
Recommends Tor Use.

The success OF the hfsI year IN the
WORK of IA vefs 81 extension a Grand
RaDlis was 80 p.On0unCei that the as
soc.suoa is auie 10 oter for the com
iug year al increased number IF lee
.urer. At cheaper prices OF imissio
Iaerc viii bs three regular courses OF
* lectures each. ani III adj lIon L
lhese u Is the mtrauon ID give extra
ectlres during tue year. The prices
Of tickets have been liked as follows:
First 500 for ticket admitting
tine holder tO the elgnteen regular lee
lures and 10 ali extra lectures, aud ID
membership IN the association. These
tickets are transferable Tor admSslon
- lectures and may BE- used by the
purchaser or any other person.
SECOND. Seyenty-hve cents for q
ticket admitting the holder To the SIX
lectures OF any course. They are also
good for al miss. on IN the hands OF the
bearer.
THIRD. Fifteen cents for admission of
one person To any lecture, regular or
extra.
The association asks that all persons
wiling 10 help the association pur-
chase season tickets for distribution TO
persons whom they may STE mt TO favor
with them. The lectures will DO as
I ilOws: First course, six lectures 10y
Professor Demmon on Shakespeare,
second course, SIX lectures by Professor
Vaughan on bacteriol KY; third course,
SIX lectures by Professor Adams on po-
lItIcal economy.
Prof Demmon's Subjects
The courses will be given on the same
plan as last year. A lecture followed
by class work each evening and a final
examination at the end of the course.
No additional charge will be made for
class work. Those taking final exam
nations will pay an additional 90
cents. The Importance of class work 10
urged upon the attention Of all inter-
ested and it is hoped that many will
take part IN the class work.
The following Is a lat of the subjects
o Prof. Demons lectures
"The English drama before Shake
speare. The miracle plays and the
moral PLAYS. Rise Uf the regular
tragedy"
TIC itctoiiNui cPV0AO .
King Richard the Third"
"Tragedy-Hamlet."
Tragedy continued--Macbeth
Comedy - Midsummer Nights
Dream anu The Tempest"
Comedy continued-Ih he Merchant
of Venice"
The Syllabus
Professor Demmon will treat his first
subject according to the following syl-
abus:
|. the drama as literary type: (a)
distinguished from the epic and the
the lyric; % comedy and tragedy; icy
development of p OF; (dl characterize
tion; (e) language; o. the three unitles.
2. Religious origin Of the drama in
England.
5. Secularlzation: (s) guild plays; (b)
strolling players; lcl growth OF the
com element.
4. Miracle plays: (a) cycle grouping
In England; (b) methods OF representa-
ton; (cl . pulanty and Influence.
D. MoralIues: (s) origin IN DISPUTE;
(h) period of highest exec lence In
reign of Henry VIII; (c) EVERY Man."
.. Transition TO regular comedy
through Iieywood's Interludes.
7. Transition to regu ar tragedy
through the historical play. Bales
King john.
s. Influence of the Renaissance.
Classic snc Italian models.
y. Patronage of the queen and mobiles.
Rise of the theater- (l576-l600).
10. Lyly, kyd, Ma-l we.
hooks OF Reference.
The following books are recommend.
eel a. books of reference for the first
course OF lectures:
TIE works of Shakespeare, Globe edi-
ton. TINS furnishes a complete text
with lines numbered. A supply of the
fuiiDwIng separate plays: Hamlet.
Macbeth, Merchant II Ven ce, Il chard
ILL.,, TIE Tempest, Midsummer Nights
Dean IN tue following ed tons:
ROife's edition, Hudson's Expurgated
edition, :iacmillan's English classes,
Krl' oggs ell ton. Hamlet, edited by
Maxcv; iIudson's lite, Art and Char
actrrs of Shakespeare, vol; The
Leopold Snak speare, Dowden' s
Shakespeare, ii Mind and Art; Dow
deus Shakespeare Primer, Moulton's
Shakespeare or Dramatic Artist, Mrs.
.amisun's Characteristics of Women
Hazletrs Characters of Shakespeare
PLAYS. Schipgel's Drama tic Literature.
Gervinus's Shakespeare Commentaries,
The New York Miracle Plays. Oxford.
The tir.t lecture will be gwen N the
basement lecture room Oi the Fountain
street Baptist church Friday evening.
the course Will be ntlnued there
until the y. NJ. &. A. building 10 com
pleted.