28 courses in the 1974–75 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Drama and Theatre Arts Group P. O’Shaughnessy
W.R. Chadwick, B.A., M.A.(Toronto), Ph.D.(London)
G. McDougall, B.A., M.A.(Cantab)
P. Roland, B.F.A..New Mexico), M.A.(Northern Illinois), Ph.D«Southern Illinois)
CS. Hedges, B.A.(Northeastern, Okla), M.F.A(Art Institute of Chicago) KJ.R. Wylie, B.A.(U.B.C.), M.F.A.(Hawaii)
M. Graham, 4.0.C.A.(Ontario College of Art) Associated Theatre Arts Staff P. O'Shaughnessy
P. Berg
M. Evans
A. Ouwehand R. Gaskell, B.A.(Waterloo)
E. Stieler
General Programme Requirements
A total of fifteen full courses including Faculty of Arts Group A and B courses required with an overall:-cumulative average _ of at least C—and a cumulative major average of C.
1) Six of the student’s courses must be in Drama and Theatre Arts 2) Drama 101* and 102* are the required -pre-requisites for
most Drama and Theatre Arts courses.
3) Each student must satisfy the following requirements.
A) Drama 329 (History of the Theatre)
B) Drama 430* (Theatre Criticism).
C) One full course from each of two of the following categories: 1) Performance: Drama 225, 226* 227*, 325
2) Production: Drama 228*, 229* 242’ 326*, 327*, 330, 426*, 427*, 442
3) Other Drama and Theatre Arts courses including Drama 301*, 302*, 316*, 421, 422, 429*, 490*A-E, 491*A-E, or approved Inter-Disciplinary courses in Fine Arts, Dance, Classics, English or other related departments
D) One and one-half courses from Dramatic Literature to be chosen from: Drama 201*, 202*, Englich 361*, 362*, 363*, 364* or other approved courses in dramatic literature.
First Year
Note
Drama and Theatre Arts Group
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to the Theatre 1 and 2 (Drama 101* and 102*) are recommended as first year courses and are prerequisite to most Drama and Theatre Arts courses. Students planning to major in Drama and Theatre Arts should confer with the Undergraduate Adviser for the Division before registering.
The normal number of lectures per week in each course is three: however, each instructor determines how often his particular
~ class will meet.
Laboratory sessions and rehearsal periods may be added to any course at the discretion of the instructor.
The role of theatre as a major art. Contributions of playwright, actor, director, designer and technician to the theatrical production. Analysis and interpretation of selected plays. Class meets three hours per week.
An extension of the studies described in 101*. Prerequisite: Drama 101*
The course will concentrate on the Greek and Roman periods.
A survey of dramatic literature from 1850 to the present. This course will include Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, O’Neill, Synge, Beckett, Ionesco and Pinter.
An introduction to the basic techniques of acting. Laboratory experience in movement, voice, improvisation, characterization, and scene study. Laboratory and production participation required. Class meets 4 hours per week. : Prerequisite Drama 101* and 102*, and Consent of Instructor
A series of workshop seminars by visiting lecturers dealing with stage movement and vocal production for the actor, with special study in stage fighting, mime, and makeup. Class meets as arranged. May be taken concurrently with 225 or 425. Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102* and Consent. of Instructor
An extension of the studies described above in 226*. Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 226* and Consent of Instructor
Design as a theatrical medium. A study of the aesthetics and creation of performance environments. A study also of the evolving stage and relationship between changes in stage structure and varieties of social background. Class meets 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102* and Consent of Instructor
An extension of the studies described above in 228*. Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 228* and Consent of Instructor
Involves theory and practice in building, painting, rigging, and shifting scenery; construction and use of properties; familiarity with lighting instruments, sound equipment and their control systems. Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102* and Consent of Instructor
Advanced study and analysis of plays in the process of production covering selected periods and types.of play writing, for example: Renaissance tragedy, Restoration comedy, modern realism, the theatre of the absurd. Teaching will follow the contours of drama productions planned in the year. Course meets 3 hours per week with study lab sessions by arrangement Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent -
An extension of the studies described above in 301*, Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent, and 301*
Analysis of production and performance problems from the director’s point of view. Planning the interpretative concept of a production. Study in the principles of stage direction. Special projects in directing, including the production of a Workshop production. Students may be required to attend rehearsals, assist a director and comment in writing on plays as they have unfolded in the process of production. Class meets 3 hours per week with rehearsal lab sessions by arrangement Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent, and Consent of Instructor
Production participation and the study of selected problems of theatrical production. Classes meet 3 hours per night, 5 nights per week for 8 weeks during production rehearsals. Prerequisite: Consent of Production Director for Fall term
Production participation and the study of selected problems of theatrical production. Classes meet 3 hours per night, 5 nights per week for 8 weeks during production rehearsals Prerequisite: Consent of Production Director for Winter term
A survey of theatre history from ancient to modern times with attention to the development of theatre architecture and its relationship to the acting, directing, design, and literature growing out of the various periods and cultures. Class meets 3 hours per week Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalents
Drama and Theatre Arts Group 367
Research into the historical styles of costumes from antiquity to the present and the adaptation of these styles to stage use. Laboratory and production participation required. Class meets 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalents
duction with exercises in production and staging of specific scenes. Each student in the course will be required to form his own production company and mount a play. Course meets 4 hours per week with labs by special arrangement Prerequisite: Drama 101* 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent, 325 and consent of Instructor
and non-scripted materials as well as character development and scene study; course involves individual and ensemble work in selections from specific plays with attention given to various periods and styles in acting.
Course meets 4 hours per week. Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 225 and Consent of Instructor
; Prerequisite: 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent. Permission of play Director.
Criticism Class meets 3 hours per week Prerequisite: 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent
Class meets 3 hours per week ° Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent.
nology of the theatre: theatre architecture and equipment, scenery shop practice: methods and materials of construction and painting, furniture and properties; lighting: theory of light and theatre lighting, equipment and control systems, preparation of plots and production operation; sound: theatre acoustics, reinforcement systems, and preparation of effects. Production participation which involves 3 hours per night for 5 nights a week for 2 % weeks in either the Fall or Winter term is required.
Class meets 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week Prerequisite: Drama 101*, 102*, 201*, 202* or equivalent Consent of Instructor
368.
Drama and Theatre Arts Group
A continuation of 490*A-E of selected seminars in special areas of study in drama and theatre arts. 102*, and Consent of Instructor Prerequisite: Drama 101.
Designed to give the theatre arts major an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation project in his major area of concentration during his senior year, This presentation may take the form of an exhibit, a production thesis, or a recital. In some cases the student may elect to do a research thesis and a comprehensive examination. During the first term plans for the project will be completed. During the second term the major project is brought to completion and students meet with the entire faculty for an intensive discussion of the presentation. Class meets 2 hours lecture per week with lab sessions by arrangement.
This course is required of all Honours Theatre Arts majors and open only to students in their fourth year.
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