Join Mark Schenker, Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale College, for a discussion of the work of four popular and award-winning playwrights and poets. Starting with the early classic Desire Under the Elms, the series moves forward chronologically to end with the work of two twentieth-century icons.Please note that discussions will be held on Thursday evenings, in sets of two consecutive weeks.

Copies of these plays and printouts of poems will be available at the library.

Eugene O’Neill:  Desire Under the Elms   This 1924 American classic places themes and plot elements from Greek tragedy in a rural New England setting.    Thursday February 2, 2012  7:00 –8:30 pm