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The Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. The school has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2005. The School announced on 9 October 2008 that 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature Harold Pinter, who attended the School in 1950–51, had agreed to become its president and to receive an honorary fellowship in the School's graduation ceremony on 10 December 2008.[1][2]

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History

The Embassy Theatre.

Before World War II, the Central School of Speech and Drama was based at the Royal Albert Hall. During the War it moved to Exeter. In 1963, a breakaway group of teachers and students founded Drama Centre London in Chalk Farm. Later the central campus of the School relocated to the Embassy Theatre, in Swiss Cottage, North London.

In 2005, the School became a largely independent college of the University of London and was designated the Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE); as such, it has state-of-the-art facilities funded by the British government.

Administration

On 9 October 2008, the School announced in a press release that 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature Harold Pinter, who attended the School in 1950–51, had agreed to become its president,[1] succeeding Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson, who had rejoined the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown; previous presidents of the School included Dame Judi Dench and Lord Laurence Olivier.[2]

Curriculum

In addition to being an acting school, the Central School of Speech and Drama offers training and education in a broad range of vocational and applied theatre specialties available, providing courses in acting, design for the stage, directing, applied theatre & education, drama and movement therapy, dramaturgy, lighting design and production, media and drama education, musical theatre, performance arts, prop-making, puppetry, scenic art, scenic construction, costume construction, scenography, set design, theatre sound, stage management, technical and production management and writing.

With over 850 registered students and a faculty of 50 specialist academic staff, the official CSSD Website states that it is "the UK’s largest and most wide-ranging specialist drama institution,"[3] that the School's staff is the "largest grouping of drama/theatre/performance specialists in the UK," and that the postgraduate body is "one of the largest gatherings of specialist Postgraduates in Europe."[4]

While retaining the conservatoire ethos of its world-famous actor training programme and its industry-focused specialist technical theatre training, it has also recently developed its research profile, and recruited its own doctoral students.[citation needed]

Honorary appointments

From the official CSSD list of "Honorary Fellows and Honorary PhD"[5]:

Honorary Fellows

Incumbent CSSD President Harold Pinter is being named Honorary Fellow at the graduation ceremony held on 10 December 2008.[1]

Honorary Ph.D.

Notable alumni and other past students

See also: Category:Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London) (2008-10-09). "Central Announces New President" (Web). Press release. Retrieved on 15 October 2008.
  2. ^ a b Alistair Smith (2008-10-14). "Pinter Replaces Mandelson as Central President" (Web). The Stage. thestage.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ "Courses". Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved on 2008-10-15.
  4. ^ "CSSD Postgraduate Courses - Research Degrees". Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved on 2008-10-15.
  5. ^ "Honorary Fellows and Honorary PhD" (Web). Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.

External links

Recognised bodies of the University of London
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