DRAMA 101 Introduction to the TheatreF 3C 0.5
Introductory study of the theatre as a major art form. Selected plays as produced in their historical contexts. Contributions of the actor, designer, and technician to theatrical production.
44 courses in the 1978–79 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Associate Professor, Chairman of the Department W.R. Chadwick, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (London)
Lecturers
T. Bentley-Fisher, Drama Centre, London
M. vanDijk, BA, MA (Wellington), PhD (Toronto) S.Dobson, Drama Centre, London
J. M, Kelman, BA (Waterloo)
Part-Time Lecturers P. Bentley-Fisher, Drama Centre, London G. Butler, BA, MBA (York)
Course Descriptions
Note Laboratory sessions and rehearsal periods may be added to any course at the discretion of the instructor.
Introductory study of the theatre as a major art form. Selected plays as produced in their historical contexts. Contributions of the actor, designer, and technician to theatrical production.
An introduction to acting. The class will be structured as a rehearsal, where the students will explore improvisation and text work, concentrating on the practical problems of an actor’s experiences in creating a role.
Limited Enrolment —
Prereq: Drama 101 and permission of the department
An extension of Drama 102. This course stresses development of the actor through scene study. Prereq: Permission of the instructor
An extension of Drama 221.
Prereq: Permission of the instructor
Prereq: Drama 101 and Drama 102
Prereq: Drama101 and Drama 102
An introduction to the problems of designing for the theatre. Work for the course will include the preparation of drawings and models as well as practical experience in the theatre.
Prereq: Drama 101
An extension of the studies described in Drama 231, concentrating on the practicalities of set design. Prereq: Drama101 and Drama 243 or consent of instructor
Theory and practice of building, painting, rigging and shifting scenery; construction of properties; familiarity with lighting instruments, sound equipment and their control systems. Students will be required to spend a certain number of hours working on department productions.
Prereq: Drama 101
An extension of the studies described in Drama 243. Prereq: Drama 101.
(cross-listed with C CIV 266)
The Greek and Raman periods.
Note
This and the next four courses divide the dramatic literature and theory of the Western world into five historical periods. Each course will cover about fifteen plays and the major works of dramatic theory of the period.
(excluding Shakespeare) and the Spanish Golden Age.
French neo-classicism, the Restoration period, the comedy of manners tradition through to the twentieth century..
The eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, romanticism and naturalism. -
Course Descriptions Drama and Theatre Arts Group
The twentieth century from Brecht to the present.
Analysis of production and performance problems from the director's point of view. Study in the principles of stage direction. Special projects in directing, including the production of a workshop production.
Prereq: Drama 101, and at least one dramatic literature
class.
Consideration of problems involved in the directing of a production. Each student in the course will be required to form his own production company and mount a play. Prereq: Drama 261, two dramatic literature classes and permission.
Advanced study and analysis of plays in the process of production covering selected periods and types of playwriting.
Prereq: Drama 101, and two dramatic literature classes.
An extension of the studies described above in 301. Prereq: Drama 101, and at least two dramatic literature Classes.
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Advanced work in acting. Course involves individual and ensemble work in selections from specific plays with attention given to various periods and styles in acting. Prereq: Drama221 and Drama 22.
An extension of the studies described in Drama321. Prereq: Drama 321 or permission
A continuation of Drama 226/227 Prereq: Drama 226/227
A continuation of Drama 226/227 Prereq: Drama 226/227.
A continuation of Drama 226/227. Prereq: Drama 226/227
A continuation of Drama 226/227. Prereq: Drama 226/227
Advanced study of theory and practice of specific areas of technology in the theatre.
Prereq: Drama 243 and Drama 244.
Prereq: Drama 243 and Drama 244
An introduction to management in and of the performing and fine arts. Topics will include theatre and company management, marketing, elementary accounting, touring and contracts.
Additional topics in performing and fine arts managements, including copyright, cultural policy, taxation, funding, research and audience development.
A study of plays by such dramatists as Merrill Denison, Robertson Davies, Gratien Gelinas (in translation), James Reaney, John Coulter, George Ryga and Michael Tremblay (in translation). Background for 20th-century drama will be provided in lectures.
(Cross-listed with English 316)
Each student in the course will be required to form his
own production company and mount a play.
Prereq: Drama 261, 262 and at least three dramatic literature classes and permission.
Course Descriptions 265 Drama and Theatre Arts Group
Drama362 , W _ std 0.5
Advanced Directing 2
An extension of the studies described in Drama 361. Prereq: Drama 361 and at least four dramatic literature classes.
Asurvey of theatre history from Classical Greece to 1600. Students are advised to take this course in their third year.
Prereq: Drama 101
An extension of studies described in Drama371. Prereq: Drama 101
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Study and practice of the criticism of theatre production and performance.
This course will not normally be taken until the student's final year.
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Open only to drama students in their fourth year. It is designed to give the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation in his/her major area of concentration.
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