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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