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BEFORE 1910 PHOTOS, IMAGES & HISTORY
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Department of Theatre Arts.
The early history of theatre at the University of North Dakota is
primarily that of class plays and special presentations. The
earliest documented production was All For A Man in 1902.
In 1905 Frederick Henry Henry Koch arrived at the University of North
Dakota as a professor of English. He wanted to be an actor but
had been convinced by his family to follow the path of a teacher
instead. Koch's actor passion was stirred at UND where he took
charge of the minor class productions. During the spring of 1906
Koch developed a tour of Northeast North Dakota (which he later
referred to as the "barnstorming tours) with a class play performance
of The Rivals.
Over the years these tours grew and exposed much of the eastern part of
the state to live theatre and firmly instilled in Koch the belief that
even the simple lives of North Dakota's farmers were worthy of
imortalization in plays.
During the next decade these revelations would result in Koch creating
a "communal theatre movement" that worked under the premise that
everyone, regardless of social rank, has a story to tell and that a
collective group could serve as author, producer and performer of a
play.
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NOTABLE HAPPENINGS
PRODUCTIONS
AND EVENTS
IMAGE FILES
SOME NOTABLE HAPPENINGS WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT
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1909
Lost Labors Love
1908-09
Tom Pinch
1907-08
Love Chase, The
1906-07
Martin Chuzzlewit
She Stoops to Conquer
1905-06
Jeppe on the Hill, or the Transformed Peasant
Rivals, The
Prior to 1905
Throw Him Out
1903-04
Lost Opportunity (?), The
Obstinate Family, The (?)
Tricks of the Trade or Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date, The
Xysts
1901-02
All For a Man
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