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COURSES

 

Drama (Drama)

15. Dramatic Arts Laboratory (1-2; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Group laboratory experience in presentation of major productions for public performance. (4-8 hours arranged)

33. Fundamentals of Acting (3)
Fundamental techniques and theories of acting; development of individual insight, skill, and discipline in the presentation of dramatic materials.

34. Theatre Crafts (3)
Introduction to the crafts in technical theatre scene construction, scene painting, property selection, stage lighting, sound production; costume construction, and make-up; laboratory experience in preparing major plays for public performance.

62. Theatre Today (3)
Not open to theatre arts majors. Perspectives on contemporary theatre forms and productions.

115. Advanced Dramatic Arts Laboratory (1-2; max total 9)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Group laboratory experience in presentation of major

131. Fundamentals of Playwriting (3; max total 9)
Exercises in plotting, characterization, exposition, and stage business, critical analysis, and revision of manuscripts.

133. Advanced Acting (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Drama 33. Advanced techniques of emotion, timing, characterization, and style developed by study and evolution of characters from the classic plays through the body of contemporary literature.

134. Advanced Theatre Craft (3)
(Same as Ind A 134) Prerequisite: Drama 34. or permission of instructor. Advanced training in the crafts of technical theatre; preparing plays for major public performance.

135. Make-up for Theatre (3; max total 6)
Theory and practice of make-up for theatre; techniques for characterization, style, and technical processes. Emphasis on basic techniques; introduction to prosthetics. Preparing plays for major public performances.

137. Creative Dramatics (2; max total 6)
(Same as T Ed 137.) Basic techniques for the use of dramatization in elementary education; sociodrama, dramatization of school subjects, creative dramatic play; simplified staging techniques.

138. Children's Theatre (A-3) (B-3; max total 6)
Theories of children's theatre and application to problems in production; preparing plays for major public performance.

139. Play Direction (3)
Not open to students with credit in Spch 133 prior to fall 1967. Prerequisite: Drama 33 or permission of instructor. Fundamental techniques and theories of stage direction. (3 2-hour activity and 4 arranged hours)

140. Advanced Play Direction (3)
Prerequisite: Drama 139. Advanced techniques of play direction: prerehearsal problems and procedures; structural analysis of plays, composition, picturization, pantomimic dramatization, movement, rhythm.

180. Design in the Theatre (3; max total 9) (Same as Art 190)
Prerequisite: Drarna 34 or permission of instructor. Theory and laboratory application in scene design, costume, stage and television lighting. (lab hours arranged)

184. Readings .in Dramatic Literature (3; max total 6)
Open to upper-division students of all departments. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Reading and discussion of great plays of history.

185A-B History of the Theatre (3-3)
(A) History of European theatre and component arts from ancient Greece through the mid-nineteenth century; analysis of representative examples. (B) From Ibsen to the present, including history of theatre in America; analysis of representative examples.

189. Projects in Production (1-3; max total 9)
(See Drama 89.)

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

194T. Major Writers: Shakespeare (4)
(See Engl 194T.)

200 series. Graduate courses are listed under Spch.




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