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  • Association Presents CHEROKEE INDIAN Associated Communities The Director Harry Davis In the field of outdoor drama, Harry Davis stands tree-top tall. His brilliant directing of the Unto These Hills production through seven seasons has won for him the acclaim of top critics and established him as a director without peer in America's "theatre of the people." Now in his eighth season as director of the nation's most popular outdoor historical play, his name has been associated with Unto These Hills from the beginning and with every important aspect of the production. He gave vital help in planning and designing the theatre. He assisted in promoting the financial backing for He even gave constructive criticism in the writing of the play. He selected the cast, worked the host of characters weeks of rehearsal. the project, through long The confidence that the Cherokee Historical Association placed in Harry Davis from the very beginning is exemplified in the unbelievable success of the drama. The Association trustees respect his keen judgment, his cast admires him and is devoted to him, the Cherokees themselves know him as a man with a "straight tongue," a fair dealer. His own profession recognizes him as a truly great director. A native of South Carolina, Mr. Davis had directed the Town Theatre in Columbia and promoted children's theatre work for a number of years before receiving his master's degree at Columbia University in 1933, after which he was brought to Chapel Hill by the late famous Frederick H. Koch to serve as Assistant Director and Business Manager of the Carolina Playmakers. During the subsequent years he rose to Technical Director, and finally today is a full professor in the Department of Dramatic Art as well as being Associate Director, under Samuel Selden, of the Playmakers. He has taught acting, playwriting, theatre history, and play directing, and now has overall supervision of the production activities of the Playmakers. Two summer seasons he served as Scene Designer and Technical Director of the Surry Playhouse, Surry, Maine, under Leo Bulgakov, of the famous Moscow Art Theatre. Two seasons he was Scene Designer for the Island Theatre, Nantucket, Mass. At various times he has served as assistant director, stage manager, and actor at Lost Colony. He is the author of various articles on the technical aspects of play production published in The Carolina Playbook, Theatre Arts Magazine, Player's Magazine, and several others. His four years' service during World War II included two years in Europe with the Military Government organization.
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