School of Dramatic Art

This is one of the 9 original drama departments in the country and was founded at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1975 with David Horner as first head. It has had numerous formal and informal names over the years, including the Wits Drama Department, the Wits School of Speech and Drama Wits School of Dramatic Art, and so on. It is today known as the Division of Dramatic Arts in the Wits School of the Arts.

The department has used a number of venues on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand over the years. These include: The Amphitheatre, The Nunnery, The Wits Box, The Wits Great Hall, and the Wits Theatre Complex (which houses the Wits Downstairs Theatre, and the Main Theatre).

They are today run commercially, but also used by the Division of Dramatic Arts of the Wits School of Arts

See also: Wits Venues

Sources

http://www.wits.ac.za/wsoa/dramaticarts/8811/about_us.html

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