Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2024
From Page to Screen: Claire Keegan’s Foster and its Film Adaptation, The Quiet Girl Explore the literary and cinematic artistry of two understated, radiant works by contemporary Irish storytellers: Claire Keegan’s novella, Foster (first published in 2010 and re-released to broader acclaim in 2022), and its film adaptation, The Quiet Girl (2022), co-written by Keegan and the film's director Colm Balread, and the first Irish language film to be nominated for an Academy Award. Set in the early 1980s, the book's protagonist, a young girl, is temporarily dispatched due to her family’s poverty and dysfunction to stay with an older, childless couple on their farm in rural Ireland. She initially flourishes in this nurturing, orderly household until the summer ends with the exposure of a family secret. Re-titled The Quiet Girl , the 2022 film adaptation offers a beautifully rendered portrait from the observant, vulnerable girl's perspective of people who live a simple existence on the surface yet harbor complicated interior lives. Please read or listen to the novella and view the film (available on Amazon Prime) prior to class. LORI ROTSKOFF (see bio for “Booklover’s Roundtable of What to Read Next”). Thursday, May 16 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 12514 • $30
Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh Fall 2023 marked the 70th anniversary of Eugene O'Neill's death. Despite the passage of time, O'Neill remains an elusive, contradictory figure. From his inauspicious birth in a hotel on Broadway to his early bout with tuberculosis, from his contentious relationship with his family to his intense wanderlust and struggles with alcohol, O'Neill was tortured and often quite cynical. Yet, his romantic nature always
peeked through. Explore O'Neill's life in relation to two of his most complex and famous works, Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh . Gainnew insight and a fresh understanding of this unequivocally modern, American playwright. BARBARA JOSSELSOHN is an award-winning novelist and journalist. She is the author of six novels and countless essays and articles in a range of national and regional publications. She has also been a writing instructor at Sarah Lawrence College for more than a decade. Barbara earned a BA in English from Binghamton University and an MA in English from the University of Connecticut, where she taught the plays of Eugene O'Neill as part of her teaching fellowship. 4 Sessions, starting Wednesday, April 10 (no class 4/24) starting Wednesday, May 1 • 10:00am-11:30am • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 12316 • $120
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