Drama (Drama)
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.
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.
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)
159. Children's Theatre (2)
Theories of children's theatre and application to problems in production.
(lab hours arranged)
162A-B. Shakespeare (3-3) (See Engl 162A-B)
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.
200 series. Graduate courses are listed under Spch.