Form and Content in Plays for Youth Dealing with Serious Subject Matter.

Dezseran, Catherine

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Publication Date: 1987

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Form and Content in Plays for Youth Dealing with Serious Subject Matter.

Dezseran, Catherine

Youth Theatre Journal, v2 n2 p3-11 Fall 1987

Presents a study of the use of serious subject matter in plays for youth by (1) tracing the trends of increasing advocacy and acceptance of such subject matter and (2) outlining patterns in the ways in which such subject matter is presented, focusing on original, contemporary plays, written by American playwrights. (JC)

Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Content Analysis, Creative Writing, Current Events, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Playwriting, Social Problems, Theater Arts, Trend Analysis, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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