B.A. (Drama) Admission 2025, Total Students Placed, Result, Learn More About Courses

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Subjects of Study

Theatre and Performance

1

The basics of drama and theatre

2

Performance, mainly in the theatre, in terms of both its production and its reception

3

Critical apparatus to ‘read’ and appreciate dramatic performance

4

Importance of dramatic arts in both aesthetic and non-aesthetic contexts

Theory

1

Theories of drama: Performance theory and role play, aesthetic and anthropological theories

2

History of theatre: role of theatre in human culture with special reference to India

3

Forms and Elements of Theatre

a) classical and contemporary,
b) stylized and naturalistic theatre,
c) Types of theatre-dance, musical, puppet, mime, mask, etc.
d) Types of stages-proscenium, thrust, round, open, etc.
e) stage and it requirements-set, properties, costume, make-up, lighting, etc.

4

Select schools of drama-Natya Shastra, Stanislavsky and Brecht

5

Text and its interpretation-Mother Courage and Aadhe Adhure

6

Drama and its relation to education

Practice

1

Floor Exercises: theatre games, improvisations, exploring situations, scene building

2

Reading and analysis of scene excerpts and working out sequences and scenes

3

Scenic arrangement-blocking and mise-en-scene

4

Role play-developing character, developing relations with other characters

5

Back-stage work-management, planning, execution

6

Writing Projects: reviewing any current production; writing a sample ‘theatre review’ of a read text