The author discusses the use of popular theater as an adult education tool. She emphasizes its use in information campaigns. (CH)

Considers the similarities between teaching and directing and offers suggestions for evaluating play directors. (PD)

Discusses the difficulties inherent in evaluating the director's work since it combines teaching and artistic aspects. (PD)

Reaffirms the position of directors (Peter Brook, Tyrone Guthrie, Peter Hall, and others) concerning the "balance of power" between director and playwright in transforming a playscript into a theatrical performance. (PD)

Suggests ways to create appropriate, well-fitting, economical costumes. (PD)

Concludes that whoever selects a season of plays or a play to be performed should be aware of the prospective audience response. (PD)

Presents the perspective of a private church-related college on censorship in academic theatre. (PD)

Discusses legal problems confronting department administrators. Covers equal opportunity, tenure and promotion, truth in advertising, and areas particular to the theatre: contracts with guest directors and artists, copyrights and royalties, and safety. (PD)

Discusses how, again and again, actors, actor-managers, and directors have been trying to interpret Shakespeare, to show us what his plays should really look like, should really sound like, even at times to give us what Shakespeare really should have written--i.e., to set Shakespeare free. (RM)

Outlines key elements in developing professional Bachelor of Fine Arts or Master of Fine Arts theatre training programs. (PD)

Describes a program of half-hour, lunch period, dramatic productions staged by high school students. (DD)

This collection presents techniques for tapping a broad range of literary sources to inspire young writers. Drawing upon poetry, folk tales, story jokes, and more, Literary Ideas walks students in grades 3-8 through the process of creating new stories and developing them as scripts for choral readings, readers theatre, and classroom plays. The…

This 30-minute videotape was created as an advocacy tool for performing arts educators to use with lay people. It is aimed at community leaders; parents; school, college, and university principals; primary and secondary teachers in inservice and preservice workshops; education officers and committees; community funding agencies; ministers of…

This book presents 16 original scripts that have been adapted from classic works of literature for use for readers theatre with young adults and ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Adaptations of the following works are included: "Little Women" (Louisa May Alcott); episodes from "Don Quixote" (Miguel de Cervantes; "The Necklace" (Guy de…

Considered the get together of the Fourth International Student Festival of the Open Theatre, which provided a good opportunity of seeing how student theatre has been developing and the relevance of these developments to the theatre in general. (Author/RK)