[Asterisk (*) means that the play was seen by some (at least 2), but not all. No asterisk means that the play was seen by the whole group of 24.]

Friday, December 28

Noel Coward. Star Quality (1966). Adapted and directed by Christopher Luscombe. With Penelope Keith, Russell Boulter, Una Stubbs, Peter Cellier, Nick Fletcher, Nick Waring, Marjorie Yates. (6)

Saturday, December 29

Eve Ensler. The Vagina Monologues (1998). Written and directed by Eve Ensler. With Michelle Gomez, Ruthie Henshall, Loretta Switt. (4)

2001 — A Yule Odyssey (2001). Written and directed by The Karenosa Brothers. With Samantha Barraclough, Olivia Busby, Georgina Bouzova, Ken Gray, Alex McConnell, Nick Phoenix, Jenine Wood, Luke Burton, and Frank Usher. A Kubrickesque Cacophony where The Shining Full Metal Jacket worn by Dr. Strangelove meets Barry Lyndon eating a Clockwork Orange with his Eyes Wide Shut — Spartacusacular. (3)

Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade. Over a hundred entries with a cast of thousands, starting off with the Missouri All-Star Band, and including bands and cheerleaders from highschools in Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Tokyo, the Universal Cheerleaders Association, cyclists on antique bicyles, steam engines, traction engines, floats, gigantic cartoon balloons, etc. and ending with the Frankfort High School Band at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 2

Martin McDonagh. The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001). Dir. Wilson Milam. With Glenn Chapman (Joey), Kerry Condon (Mairead), Trevor Cooper (Donny), Stuart Goodwin (Brendan), Colin Mace (Christy), Conor Moloney (James), Owen Sharpe (Davey), David Wilmot (Padraic).

Thursday, January 3

7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 4

William Shakespeare. Hamlet (1600-01). Dir. Steven Pimlott. With Samuel West (Hamlet), Larry Lamb (Claudius), Marty Cruickshank (Gertrude), Alan David (Polonius), Kerry Condon (Ophelia), John Dougall (Horatio), Ben Meyjes (Laertes), Wayne Cater (Rosencrantz), Sean Hannaway (Guildenstern), Christopher Good (Ghost), Finn Caldwell (First Player).

Saturday, January 5

Peter Nichols. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967). Dir. Laurence Boswell. With Eddie Izzard (Bri), Victoria Hamilton (Sheila), Sophie Bleasdale (Joe), John Warnaby (Freddie), Robin Weaver (Pam), Prunella Scales (Grace). (6)

Reduced Shakespeare Company's Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) . Produced and performed by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield, Reed Martin, [37 plays in 97 minutes] (10)

Sunday, January 6

Noël Coward, Private Lives (1930). Dir. Howard Davies. With Alan Rickman (Elyot), Lindsay Duncan (Amanda), Emma Fielding (Sibyl), Adam Godley (Victor).

Monday, January 7

Tuesday, January 8

Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Lowe. My Fair Lady (1956), dir. Trevor Nunn. Adapted from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascall's motion picture. Choreographer Matthew Bourne. With Nicholas Le Prevost, Martine McCutcheon, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Umbers.

Friday, January 11

Marie Jones. Stones in his Pockets (2000). Dir. Ian McElhinney. With Christopher Burns and Bronson Pinchot. (2)

Andrea Dunbar. Rita Sue and Bob Too (1982), and Robin Soans, A State Affair (2000) — A Double Bill. Dir. Max Stafford-Clark. An Out of Joint Production. With Emily Aston (Rita/Tina), Ian Redford (Dad/Peter), Emma Rydal (Sue/Marie & Lorraine), Lisé Stevenson (Michelle/Natalie), Matthew Wait (Bob/Paul), Gary Whitaker (Sam/Dean), Jane Wood (Mum/Sue). (22)

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. South Pacific (1949). Dir. Trevor Nunn. Musical Staging by Matthew Bourne. Book by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, based on novel by James A. Michener. (2)

** Alan Jones. Buddy . Dir. Rob Bettinson. Designed by Andy Walmsely.

** John Webster. The Devil's Law-Case . Dir. David Cottis. Presented by Instant Classics.

** C. S. Lewis. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe . Adapted by Adrian Mitchell. Dir. Adrian Noble and Lucy Pitman-Wallace. A Royal Shakespeare Company Production. With Sylvester McCoy (Mr. Beaver), Maureen Beattie (White Witch), Jonathan Broadbent (Edmund), Robert Burt (Father Christman/Air Raid Warden), Gareth Farley (Ticket Collector/Reindeer), Jonathan Kay (Grumpskin), Michael Matus (Mr. Tumnys), Anna Maxwell Martin (Lucy), Alexandra Milman (Susan), Patrice Naiambana (Aslan), William Rycroft (Peter), Florence Sparham (Sightseer/Mrs. Squirrel), Susan Jane Tanner (Mrs. Beaver/Mrs. Macready), Adam Tedder (Giant Rumblebuffin), Luch Tuck (Betty/Lady/Baby Squirrel), Christopher Wells (Maugrin/RAF/Minotaur), Jeffrey Wickham (Professor Kirk), Laura Wilson (Leopart/Sightseer).

** Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! Dir. Phyllida Lloyd. Book by Catherine Johnson. Choreography by Anthony van Laast.

** Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap . Dir. David Turner. With Peter Byrne, Philip Day, John Fleming, Denise Silvey, Sarah-Jane Trachan, Lesle Tuckey, Jan Waters, Charlie Watts.

** Boublil, Schonberg, and Kritzmer. Les Miserable . Dir. Trevor Nunn and John Ciard. With Jody Crosier (Marius), Caroline Sheen (Eponine), Hans Peter Janssens (Jean Valjean), Michael McCarthy (Javert), Stephen Tate (Thenardier), Jason McCann (Enjolras), Sarah Lane (Cosette), Mandy Holliday (Madam Thenardier), Carmen Cusak (Fentine).

** Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. Starlight Expreess (1989). Dir. Trevor Nun. Choreography Arlene Philips. With Mark McGee (Rusty), Jo Gibb (Pearl), Trevor Michael Georges (Pappa), Dustin Dubrevil (Greaseball), Chris Copeland (Electra), Amy Field (Buffy), Lucie Fenten (Ashley), Helen Latham (Dinah), Scott Martaugh (Rocky I), Leo Bibwell (Rocky II), Algernon Williams (Rocky III), Richard Ray-Allen (Krupp), Martin Neely (Prince of Wales), Todd Talbot (Purse), Ross Dawes (Flat Top), Dale Branston (Dustin), Jamie Capewell (Ruhrgold), Mark Oxtoby (Turnov), Louise Jones (Volta), Paul Ramsey (Nintendo), Emma Dodd (Julie), Richard Woodford (Bobo).

The Play What I Wrote (2001). Written and performed by Sean Foley and Hamish McColl. Dir. Kenneth Branagh. [Based on the comedy team Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, with gags by Eddie Braden]

Wyndham's Theatre

J. B. Priestly. An Inspector Calls (1946). Dir. Stephen Daldry. With Niall Buggy (Inspector Goole), Edward Peele (Mr. Birling), Diane Fletcher (Mrs. Birling), Owen Oakeschott (Gerald Croft), Emma Gregory (Sheila), Andrew Leonard (Eric), Leila Hoggman (Edna).

Seminar Participants:

Susan Bauer
Marni Blank
Jack Chen
Adrianne Drollette
Hilary Fox
Amanda Goff
David Haft
John Liobe
Brooke Matschek
Jeanette Moy
Matthew Natanson
Melody Neuharth
Mehul Parekh
Kali Quinn
Daryl Reisfeld
Renata Schloss
Alexis Spiegel
Matthew Tong
Jessica Wyatt
Miriam Youssef
Catherine Grace Alexander
Jennifer Douglas
Russell and Ruth Peck

Although all students saw at least 22 plays (a few saw as many as 28), they were involved also in a host of other activities. Foremost, perhaps, is the fact that everyone got to know London well. We did a lot of walking during the day and often at night would walk back to the hotel after plays, past the British Museum and Bloomsbury Square . Everyone went to several museums to see special exhibits as well as permanent collections: for example, the exhibits on The Great Court, Agatha Christie and Archaeology, the Unknown Amazon at the British Museum (though mainly people simply wandered through the vast number of permanent holdings); the map, bookbinding, and Beethoven manuscript exhibits at the new British Library ; exhibits on Turner, the PreRaphaelites, and the Victorian nude, as well as the splendid 19th and 20th century holdings in general at the Tate Britain ; exhibits on international modern art, modern architecture, machinery, and Juan Munoz at the new Tate Modern ; the Pisanello exhibit as well as the fabulous permanent collections of Western European paintings in the National Gallery ; The Mirror Mirror exhibit and the John Kobal Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery ; the brilliant Spectatular Bodies exhibit at the Hayward ; the Dali Universe at the County Hall, South Bank ; the Hermitage Rooms, the Gilbert Collection, and French drawings and paints from Poussin to Picasso at Somerset House ; the permanent collection of impressionist and post-impressionist painting and the Early Renaissance Gallery of Flemish and Italian Art at the Courtauld Institute ; the Imperial War Museum , with its exhibit on the Spanish Civil War (Picasso, Dali, and Magritte. plus documentary photographs, etc.); the Churchill Cabinet Rooms , which are preserved as Churchill and his staff left them at the end of World War II; The Floating World (Japanese) exhibit at the Royal Academy of Art ; Close Encounters of the Art Kind, Radical Fashion, and Out of Japan exhibits at the Victoria and Albert Museums ; the London Theatre Museum ; The Wilde Years at the Barbican ; exhibits at the Public Record Office ; the Roman Technology and the London's Music Halls as well as the history of London exhibits at the London Museum ; the London Transport Museum with its exhibits of posters on the colors of winter and the glamour of London's night life; and the Predators exhibit at the always exciting Natural History Museum .

Students also visited famous places in London, such as The Tower with its special exhibit on the execution of the Earl of Essex, Parliament and Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral , St. Bartholomew's Church , the restored Globe Theater and museum, the excavation site of Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Hampstead Heath , Kew Gardens , Hyde Park and the Speaker's Corner , Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard, Westminster Abbey and the poet's corner, Dickens House with its "Bright Faces" exhibit based on Nicholas Nickleby , Abbey Road , Kenwood House with its superb Vermeer collection, Covent Garden , Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum , the Wimbleton Tennis Museum , and Harrods , as well as famous pubs like the Sherlock Holmes , John Dryden's favorite pub The Lamb and the Staff , and the King's Head Pub where actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company gather after plays. In Stratford students visited Shakespeare's birthplace, his grammar school, and Holy Trinity Church, where he is buried. In London some rode the spectacular London Eye (the giant ferris wheel built for the millenium that now graces the south bank of the Thames — a marvel of architectural beauty comparable to the Eiffel Tower in Paris). Students also went to music events such as evensong at St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey . And a few went to Stonehenge and Windsor Castle .