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IV. Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: No first-year students admitted.—The
reading and analysis of plays throughout the year. First term: The dramatization
of the short story. Second term: One act plays. Third term: The completion
of a full length play. Emphasis will be placed on the present day life
and historical traditions of Virginia. Students from other sections will be expected
to use the materials and background with which they are familiar. Plays
considered worthy of production will be staged by the Virginia Players.
Prerequisites: Only those students may enroll in this course who have had
a personal interview with Mr. Pratt and have secured his approval of either a
one act play or scenario with several pages of dialogue to be submitted during
the spring term prior to June 10th or between September 10th and 20th. Special
students admitted under the usual regulations in the catalogue. All students
must have taken or must take concurrently English B2 or B4 or B5. Class will
meet Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The theory and practice of play
directing. The methods employed in the staging of plays of different periods
and types. Training in the technique of acting. The essential arts involved
and practical work in the production of revivals and the original plays
written by members of the B1 class. This course in the theory and practice
of the theatre is designed for the training of students participating in the
work of the Virginia Players and for those who plan to become directors
of dramatics in schools and communities.
Prerequisites are the same as those of B1, except that no play need be submitted.
Those interested in scenic design must take concurrently Freehand
Drawing A2. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B3: Advanced Playwriting; continuation of B1: (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Dramatic Art B4: Advanced Play Production; continuation of B2:
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B5: History of the Theatre: No first-year students admitted.—The
changing conventions of the theatre and their relation to the problems
engaging the interest of playwrights and audiences. The Greek theatre, the
Renaissance, and the modern intimate playhouse. The technique of the movies.
Modern problems: Realism, Symbolism, Expressionism, etc. The technique of
playwriting illustrated by private performances and readings from the plays of
Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ibsen and others. Lectures and discussions. Three times
a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Virginia Players: H. R. Pratt. Director and Manager, Roger Boyle, Asciate
Director, A. J. Barlow, Secretary and Treasurer.—The Virginia Players is
the producing company for the courses in Playwriting and Dramatic Art in the
McIntire School of Fine Arts. It is incorporated under the laws of the State
of Virginia as a non-stock corporation: the trustees: Professors J. C. Metcalf,
J. S. Wilson, W. H. Faulkner, W. S. Rodman, A. J. Barlow, H. R. Pratt and
one member from the student body. Its purpose is to develop a State Theatre
which will seek to interpret Virginia to its people through the writing and production
of original plays, and to stage revivals of classic and modern plays. Only
those enrolled as students in the University are eligible to election as Active
Members. Others who participate in the work may be elected Associate Members.
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