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Suggests the possibility of using two actors to portray one narrator in a Chamber Theatre performance of Herman Melville's short story, Bartleby the Scrivener. (MH)

Focuses on the traditional comic acting style that prevailed in England from 1820 to 1840 by examining the acting of the commedienne whose sixty-year career spanned the first half of the century. (MH)

Discusses a project proposed and implemented by the Children's Museum of Boston whereby children participate through 'role playing' in a program focusing on the changing role of children in the American family during the last two hundred years. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre…

Assesses the status of the movie theater business during the past seven years, which has seen major changes in production, distribution, types of theaters, seating capacity, and the general media landscape. (NKA)

Presents an interview with Zinovy Korogodsky, who discusses the training of theatre artists in the Soviet Union. (VLC)

Discusses theatre's unique contribution to a liberal arts education. (PD)

Examines style in children's theatre, focusing on pantomime, vaudeville, and theatre of the absurd. Traces shifts in the appeal of these styles from adult to children's theatre and then possibly to extinction. (PD)

Relates how several controversial plays were handled and discusses censorship in academic theatre in terms of choice. (PD)

The author, an instructor from 1979-83 at the Children's Theatre Program of the Komplex Budaya Negara (National Cultural Complex), describes how children's theatre has evolved to achieve a distinct Malaysian identity by drawing from traditional theatre forms. (PD)

Results of this survey provide a wide range of information about theatre faculty, including educational background, teaching and production responsibilities, level of satisfaction, etc. Separate data are presented for faculty from universities and four- and two-year colleges. (PD)

Discusses the foundations for and operation of a professional theatre program. (PD)

Advocates short performances by students in introductory drama classes. (DD)

This document describes the theoretical and experiential process of utilizing a variety of action-oriented approaches for the development of a spiritual practice within the field of drama therapy. It explores the nature of the self from a variety of psychological perspectives, and introduces the concept of an ontologically- and…