In this colloquium we'll study six plays by Shakespeare, in all of the genres in which he worked: history (Henry V and Richard III, tragedy (Romeo and Juliet and King Lear), comedy (Twelfth Night), romance (The Winter's Tale).  "Study" will mean doing what you're already used to doing with plays: reading the texts slowly and carefully, analyzing character, discussing the meaning of lines or scenes or whole dramas, examining verbal imagery, speculating about staging, and so on.  But it will also mean watching and discussing cinematic versions of the plays.  Throughout the semester I'll give equal emphasis to what's read on the page and what's seen on the screen (and heard on the soundtrack).  I hope that you'll finish the course with a greater understanding of Shakespeare, some beginning familiarity with film technique, and (because you'll often see more than one film version of a given play) an appreciation of differing interpretations.  Films to be viewed: Henry V (dir Laurence Olivier), Henry V (dir Kenneth Branagh), Looking for Richard (dir Al Pacino), Richard III (dir Richard Loncraine), Romeo & Juliet (dir Baz Luhrmann), Shakespeare in Love (dir John Madden), King Lear (dir Richard Eyre), Ran (dir Akira Kurosawa), Twelfth Night (dir Trevor Nunn), A Winter's Tale (dir Eric Rohmer).  This colloquium is both writing-intensive (there will be frequent short papers and one longer essay) and discussion-based.