The titles of more than 3,000 theses and dissertations appearing between 1973 and 1978 were collected for this bibliography on speech communication and the theatre arts. They are presented within major classifications for the two main subject areas. Speech communication entries are classified as education, forensics, interpersonal communication,…

Teaching as a Performing Art is a teacher education program developed for the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. It is a methodology designed to elicit better teacher performance in order to produce more effective student performance. Designed for closed-circuit television or resource center access, the course consists of 52…

This paper discusses aspects of faculty, administration, departmental structure, curriculum, and production operations of community college theatre departments in general and of Illinois Central College in particular. It contends that the common and revered tenet of community college institutional philosophy is "community service." The importance…

Compiled to help teachers provide students with experiences in the performing arts, this booklet is based on the premise that these arts--geared to all children--aid students in becoming more aware of themselves through unique, personal means of expression. This publication focuses specifically on films, with chapters on film craft (a study of…

A previously relatively unexplored area of theater history studies is the quantification of titles, authors, and locations of productions of plays in Canada and the United States. Little is known, for example, about the number of times any one play was staged, especially in the earlier days of American drama. A project which counts productions on…

This report of two audience analyses at the University of Delaware Theatre was prepared as a guide for other university theatres that may need an understanding of the people who attend their dramatic presentations. Such analyses can provide information about who is attending the theatre, how performances are evaluated, what influences audience…

A proposal to present to all the students of a rural county, live performance in music, ballet, drama and opera will support an existing project. Although planned for all elementary and secondary students, very young children are given special consideration in a small audience situation, where they can hear, see, and talk with the artists. Three…

This annotated list of plays was prepared to help the potential college student acquire a reading background in the field of drama. The various plays are organized chronologically to aid in understanding how the drama developed. A total of 40 is included. (Author/CK)

This summary of a final report concerns a project that dealt with the problem of inadequate materials for use in theatre arts education at elementary and teacher training levels. Research during an eight-month period consisted of seeking, examining, assessing, and procuring materials in four large European areas. The status of children's drama as…

Identifies several problems inherent in developing valid and reliable evaluative criteria for group performances and suggests some practical ways for dealing with these problems. (MH)

Players Magazine, National Collegiate Players, N.I.U. Theatre, DeKalb, IL 60115. Subscription Rates: $5.00, one year; $8.50, two years; foreign, $1.00 per year extra.

Defines perceptual criticism as an act of verbalizing sight and sound perceptions and contends that this creative synthesizing gives a play its meaning. Speech and Drama, 205 Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year. (MH)

Traces the history of the youth theatre movement in general and specifically discusses the National Youth Theatre from its inception through the present. (Available From: CS 703 732) (MH)

College and community share the Performing Arts Center located in a park-like urban renewal setting in El Cajon, California. (Author/MLF)

Approaches curricular issues in the framework of critical theory and attempts to move through curriculum critique to a demonstration of what curriculum practice is implied by a critical framework. (Author/MLF)