Sunday 10:45 a.m. update: Along with The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors is one of the two Shakespearean dramas that exhibit what are referred to as the classical/three unities, rules for drama derived from a passage in Aristotle's Poetics. In their neoclassical form they are as follows:

1. The unity of action: a play should have one main action that it follows, with no or few subplots.
2. The unity of place: a play should cover a single physical space and should not attempt to compress geography, nor should the stage represent more than one place.
3. The unity of time: the action in a play should take place over no more than 24 hours.

For your journal, examine and describe how each of the unities controls/limits/guides the action of the play, how each influences both the action and viewing of the drama. Having done this, response to at least two journals and to at least one response to your journal.

As of Friday afternoon, I don't know what I'm going to ask you to think about for Monday. finish reading The Comedy of Errors. I'll have a journal assignment posted fairly early Sunday. Since it's not much reading, g Get going on Hamlet as well. We won't be spending but a couple of days on that play due to poor time allotment on my part, but we should still give it a go.

Also, the first drama club presentation is going to be Thursday, the second Friday, and the third Monday. The Thursday group has already volunteered. We'll decide on Friday and Monday. Watch this space for more info.