| ses # | Topics | key dates |
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Project 1 |
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1 |
Introduction Information Origins of Theater Space and Design |
Design assignment #1 given |
2 |
Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts Elements of Design: The Designer's "Tools of the Trade" |
Paper #1 and rough sketches assigned |
3 |
Presentation of Papers and Discussion of the Sketches |
Preliminary sketches assigned |
4 |
Preliminary Sketches Critiqued The Wider Context: Scripts in the Time and Place of Their Creation |
Final sketches assigned |
5 |
Revised Final Sketches Critiqued |
Finished rendering assigned |
6 |
Presentation of Design #1 |
Design assignment #2 given |
Project 2 |
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7 |
Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Medieval and Elizabethan Stage |
Paper #2 and rough sketches assigned |
8 |
Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed |
Preliminary sketches assigned |
9 |
Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Indoor Theater and Renaissance Design |
Final sketches assigned |
10 |
Revised Final Sketches Critiqued |
Finished rendering assigned |
11 |
Presentation of Design #2 |
Design assignment #3 given |
Project 3 |
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12 |
Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts The Baroque and Revolutionary/Romantic Stage |
Paper #3 and rough sketches assigned |
13 |
Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed |
Preliminary sketches assigned |
14 |
Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Mid-Term: Discussion of Play Choices for the Final Project |
Final sketches assigned |
15 |
Revised Final Sketches Critiqued |
Finished rendering assigned |
16 |
Presentation of Design #3 |
Design assignment #4 given |
Project 4 |
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17 |
Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts From Grand Spectacle to Realism |
Paper #4 and rough sketches assigned |
18 |
Work on Final Project |
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19 |
Work on Final Project (cont.) |
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20 |
Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed |
Preliminary sketches assigned |
21 |
Preliminary Sketches Critiqued Reactions Against Realism |
Final sketches assigned |
22 |
Revised Final Sketches Critiqued |
Finished rendering assigned |
23 |
Presentation of Design #4 Review of Final Project Issues |
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24 |
First Viewing of Final Projects and Discussion |
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25 |
Modern and Post-modern Productions |
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26 |
Presentation of Final Projects |
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