Presented at UNESCO International Round Table on the Relations between Japanese and Western Arts, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, September 1968; illustrated. (RD)

Author decries music education aimed only at producing professional performers, noting the pleasure many adults have in playing an instrument or singing simply as an avocation. He suggests revising music education to enable the non-professional to continue in music as hobby more easily. (PD)

A listing and brief discussion of plays and audiovisuals the author used with success in secondary schools. (AF)

A short description is given of the experiences of a first and a third grade class exercise in the making of hand puppets and the presentation of student productions. (EJS)

A combined project of the Music and Art Departments provided for the student production of a puppet version of the Nutcracker Suite. (EJS)

Deplores the pretenders" not on the stage but in the director's role on campus. (Editor)

A teacher provides a brief account of her experiences in using puppets in language instruction and comments on their applications for televised instruction. (LS)

Discusses necessity for the black theater to divorce itself from dependence upon white foundation support; holds that black theater should be supported by its own community. (KG)

Describes the "Folk Tales through Shadow Theater" reading-enrichment program unit, in which fifth-grade students search for stories, write scripts, and stage and present plays to an audience of their schoolmates. (RH)

The Young Playwrights' Festival is a project of the Dramatists Guild, New York City, for young writers aged 8-18. This article discusses the Festival of 10 plays written by children and presented professionally at New York City's Circle Rep Theatre and the playwriting workshops for children taught by project director Gerald Chapman. (PD)

Discusses characteristics that determine whether studies are significant Research: (1) framework of the research; (2) credibility of the research; and (3) applicability or consumer needs. Relates these characteristics to recent research in the fields of creative drama and children's theater. (PD)

Explores the ways in which Burke's theory can be applied to the study of theater. Sets forth the general functions that Burke ascribes to entitlement. Considers three kinds of titles that might be connected with a theatrical artwork: (1) critical; (2) artistic; and (3) artistic-critical. (PD)

The composer of an opera for elementary students describes his composition and the process of taking it out to the schools of southern Ohio. This article is part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)