University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Dramatic Art.
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The Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina was established in 1936; prior to that, instruction in the history of theater and comparative drama was given in the Department of English. In addition to academic instruction, the new department produced plays and supported dramatic efforts. The Carolina Playmakers, founded in 1918 by drama professor Frederick Henry Koch (1877-1944), became its production unit. Koch and the Playmakers specialized in folk drama and were considered seminal in the Little Theatre movement of the early 20th century. The group performed plays (many of which were written by students) on campus, and also toured North Carolina and other states. The Carolina Dramatic Association, begun in 1922, was a cooperative program of the Department of Dramatic Art and the University Extension Division's Bureau of Community Drama. A new semi-professional theatrical group, the PlayMakers Repertory Company, was established in 1976. Many persons associated with the study of dramatic art at the University of North Carolina later achieved professional prominence, including Thomas Wolfe, Paul Green, Betty Smith, Shepperd Strudwick, Jack Palance, Louise Fletcher, Anne Jeffries, and Andy Griffith.
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Theater
Theater
Theater
Theater
African Americans
African Americans in literature
African American theater
American drama
American drama
Asians in literature
College and school drama, American
College and school drama, American
College theater
College theater
Drama
Drama
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Folk drama, American
Folk drama, American
Indians in literature
Indians in popular culture
Little theater movement
Little theater movement
Minstrel shows
Mountain people
Mountain people
Theater, Open-air
Theater, Open-air
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Chapel Hill (N.C.)
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Orange County (N.C.)
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Southern States
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North Dakota
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North Carolina
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North Carolina--Chapel Hill
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