Author set forth an observation, which is that the more extensive the use of visual spectacle in the theatre--the more emphatic the "container", i.e., the setting--the more the dramatic nature of the "contained", i.e., the dramatic action, recedes. (Author/RK)

Defines the play and discusses how two elements of the play--drama (literature) and theatre (performance)--are interdependent. (PD)

Based on studies conducted by the Afro-Asian Committee of British Actors Equity and others, discusses the limited opportunities for minority actors in British theatre. Identifies plays in which Black performers were cast during the late 1970s and describes a number of fringe theatre groups which employ Black actors. (GC)

In the form of engaging experiences, dramatics offer the student a better understanding of himself, of other people, of literature, and of life. (Author)

The bibliography is intended to assist librarians and others interested in learning something about the opera and for students needing material for papers. (94 references) (NH)

Article reviews Rudolf Bing's accomplishments as general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera and outlines changes planned by his successor, Goeran Gentele. These include staging contemporary operas in a smaller theater, appointment of a musical director, hiring top orchestra conductors, new sets and tapping new sources of funds. (PD)

The performing artist must retain total control over his body at all times in order to excel in his work. Consequently, he acquires a quality of self-consciousness about his profession, and his performances lose all appearance of spontaneity. (CK)

Opinions concerning the advent of federal support of the performing arts are discussed. (CK)

Building design for a three-quarter round theater addition to the Arena Theater in Washington, D.C. (RA)

Shows the dramatization of a dichotomy in attitudes toward the Church among Black people in the play The Baptism", and the dilemma of a young Black man torn between the code of violence of his Black friends and the more socially acceptable ways of his white friends in the play The Toilet". (KG)

Reports on the first Young Playwrights Festival presented by the Dramatists Guild and the Circle Repertory Company. The seven plays--directed, acted, and staged by professionals--were written by young people between the ages of 8 and 18 and were selected for production from more than 700 submissions. (PD)

Examines the nature of persuasion as it occurs in theater. Suggests that theater is not only a fine art but also a rhetorical form and, as such, functions on three levels (text, performed work, and production). (PD)