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Department of Drama

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1970 -- 1983 - 1983

Biography

Abstract:

The Department of Drama emerged prior to the start of the 1970-1971 academic year to replace the Department of Drama and Speech which had ceased to exist following the end of the 1969-1970 academic year. The Department of Drama remained in existence through the 1982-1983 academic year. After the end of the 1982-1983 academic year, the Department of Drama absorbed the Dance Program and became known as the Department of Drama and Dance.The Department of Drama offered graduate programs leading to a Master of Arts as well as a Doctor of Philosophy.

The Department of Drama emerged prior to the start of the 1970-1971 academic year to replace the Department of Drama and Speech which had ceased to exist following the end of the 1969-1970 academic year. The Department of Drama remained in existence through the 1982-1983 academic year. After the end of the 1982-1983 academic year, the Department of Drama absorbed the Dance Program and became known as the Department of Drama and Dance.

The Department of Drama articulated its goals and mission in the Bulletin of Tufts University Undergraduate Colleges 1970-1971 as follows, "Through the study of drama and theater arts, the student can cultivate an understanding of one of Western society's main civilizing forces; develop his powers of intellect, imagination, emotion, and vocal and bodily expressiveness, as well as standards of good taste and workmanship; and gain a sound foundation for later pursuit of interests in this field. The major in drama balances the literary, historical critical, and creative study of drama and of its chief medium, the living theater, with the stage arts of acting, directing, designing, and producing plays through curricular and extracurricular performances in a year-round theater program."

The Department of Drama offered graduate programs leading to a Master of Arts as well as a Doctor of Philosophy.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Northrop Morse Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS280
Overview

This collection contains records of Tufts theater productions, created or compiled by William Northrop Morse and dating primarily from his time as a professor at Tufts from 1928 to 1934. Materials in this collection include student theater programs from Pens, Paint, and Pretzels (3Ps) and other student organizations, newspaper clippings, photos from a 1928 3Ps production of Emperor Jones, and copies of the Tufts Weekly.

Dates: circa 1928 -- 1935
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center