Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions
MARK TWAIN ON THE PAGE AND
ON THE STAGE
March 11, 2010
3:15–5:15 Panel: Will Persons Attempting to Find Political Thought in the Fiction of Mark Twain Be Shot? (Bunche Hall, Room A170)
Gregg Camfield, University of California, Merced. “Mark Twain on the Necessary Crime of Free Speech”
Harry Jaffa, Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School. “Tom Sawyer: Hero of Middle America”
Barry Kraft, actor dramaturg, lecturer. “‘The Killing of Strangers’—Mark Twain and the Agony of War”
Susan McWilliams, Pomona College. Discussant
5:30-6:30 Lecture: Huck Finn and the Lingering Specter of Aristocracy in America
Paul Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor, University of Virginia.
8:00-9:30 Dramatic Reading: Mark Twain & Friends: A River Journey (Law School Building, Room 1457). Details are on the facing page.
UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions
UCLA Law School
Interact Theatre Company
present
Mark Twain & Friends: A River Journey
An Entertainment from the Writings of Mark Twain
Edited, Structured for the Stage, and Additional Dialogue by:
Gregory White
Cast in order of appearance:
Mark Twain ……………………………………………………………………………………. James Greene
Young Sam Clemens ………………………………………………………….. David Drew Gallagher
Huckleberry Finn ………………………………………………………………. Colin Thomas Jennings
Miss Watson ……………………………………………………………………………………. Eve Brenner
Mississippi Water Man …………………………………………………………….. Jeffrey Stubblefield
Chief Pilot Bixby ……………………………………………………………………………… Don Fischer
Pap Finn ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Dave Florek
Jim ………………………………………………………………………………………………. Thomas Silcott
Undertaker ………………………………………………………………………………………… Bob Larkin
Jim Blaine ……………………………………………………………………………………. Gregory White
Blue Jay Woman ………………………………………………………………………………. Eve Brenner
Scotty Briggs …………………………………………………………………………………… Dave Florek
Minister ……………………………………………………………………………… Robert Briscoe Evans
King …………………………………………………………………………………………………. Bob Larkin
Duke ……………………………………………………………………………………. Jeffrey Stubblefield
Invalid ……………………………………………………………………………….. Robert Briscoe Evans
Railway Express Man ……………………………………………………………………. Gregory White
Directed by Dave Florek
There will be one intermission
Interact Theatre Company
Founded in the early 1990s, the Interact Theatre Company has received over 78 awards and 150 nominations for outstanding and distinguished theater from organizations including the LA Drama Critics Circle, the Theater LA Ovation Awards, and the LA Weekly.
For information on upcoming events, including the free readings that occur many Monday nights in North Hollywood at the NoHo Arts Center, check Interact’s web site at www.interactla.org, or provide your name and e-mail address on the sign-up sheet to receive announcements. You can also join Professor Lowenstein’s e-mail distribution list for occasional theater recommendations and Interact news.
The UCLA Law School
Series of Dramatic Readings
This series, co-sponsored by the UCLA Law School and the Interact Theatre Company, consists of readings of plays with themes related to justice, government, and public responsibility. Ordinarily, one play will be read each semester. The purposes of the readings are to stimulate discussion of the ethical and societal issues raised by these excellent plays, to help stimulate interdisciplinary consideration of law and the humanities, and to entertain. Admission to the readings is free. The faculty sponsor of the series is Professor Daniel Lowenstein. Comments, suggestions, and requests to join his “theater recommendations” e-mail list should be submitted to him at <lowenstein@law.ucla.edu>.
Readings in the Series
Rosmersholm, by Henrik Ibsen ………………………………………………………………………………………………. Spring 1999
Antigone, by Sophocles ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 1999
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, by Herman Wouk ……………………………………………………………. Spring 2000
Nuts, by Tom Topor …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2000
Antigone, by Jean Anouilh ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Spring 2001
Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose…………………………………………………………………………………………. Fall 2001
The Visit, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ………………………………………………………………………………………… Spring 2002
Escape from Happiness, by George F. Walker …………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2002
Proof, by David Auburn …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Fall 2003
Iphigenia in Aulis, by Euripides……………………………………………………………………………………………… Spring 2004
A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt ……………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2004
Death and the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman ………………………………………………………………………………….. Spring 2005
Fathers and Sons, Deborah Pearl ………………………………………………………………………………………………. Fall 2005
A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Spring 2006
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2006
The Winslow Boy, Terence Rattigan ……………………………………………………………………………………… Spring 2007
Oleanna, David Mamet ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2007
State of the Union, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse ………………………………………………………. Spring 2008
Taking Sides, Ronald Harwood ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fall 2008
The Memorandum, Vaclav Havel ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Spring 2009
The Rivalry, Norman Corwin …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Fall 2009
Mark Twain & Friends: A River Journey, Gregory White ……………………………………………………… Spring 2010
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