Play Production In America Classic Reprint

Author : Frederick H. Koch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528466264
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book Play Producing for School and Little Theatre Stages (Classic Reprint) written by Frederick H. Koch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Play Producing for School and Little Theatre Stages In the fall of 1918 when the formation of The Carolina Playmakers was planned at Chapel Hill, the Bureau of Community Drama was organized in the Extension Division of the University to encourage the producing of plays in the schools and towns of North Carolina. More than this, it has been our hope from the first to create an active interest in the writing of original folk-plays drawn from the native folk life. From these simple beginnings a remarkable renaissance in the drama has come. Today there is acting and playwriting everywhere in our Carolina country, in high schools, colleges, and little theatres from the Great Smoky Mountains to the sea. The formation of our state-wide Carolina Dramatic Association, twelve years ago, made secure the foundations of a real people's theatre in North Carolina. The rising tide of dramatic endeavor was unchecked by the hazards of the devastating financial crisis. The Twelfth Annual Festival and State Tournament of the Association, held in The Playmakers Theatre at Chapel Hill in March, was a thrilling adventure for all of us. The Festival was truly a dramatic revival. Three hundred and fourteen (314) players and directors presented thirty-one (31) plays (eleven of them original). Many of them brought their own scenery and properties. Some of them traveled hundreds of miles. And more than 3500 people attended the Festival. Through the generosity of one of the Foundations last year we were able to make available to the state the services of an Extension Instructor in Dramatic Arts, Mr. John W. Parker, Playmaker alum nus. The whole state became his campus. During the year he drove more than thirty thousand miles in assisting teachers in developing dramatics in the schools and in training directors for towns and country communities all over North Carolina. During the year he conducted five classes in Play Production, with a total enrollment of one hundred and fifty (150) students (mostly teachers), representing over sixty (60) towns and communities. The students received regu lar University credits, applicable toward a degree or toward renewing or raising teaching certificates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.