Afro-American poets, dramatists, and prose writers have been affected by the tension between traditional African oral modes and various European-American written genres, as well as by the merger of "white taste and black need," which can be seen by examining the styles and themes of black literature in America from Lucy Terry's 1746 poem "Bar's…

The value of a "miscellany"--prose, poetry, drama, and music centering on a particular theme--staged by secondary students lies in its adaptability. It may be created by and for a group of individuals, with the staging, lighting effects, arrangement of pieces, and grouping of performers all planned to express most effectively the mood or idea of…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Erich Segal, William Arrowsmith, G. M. A. Grube, Anne Pippin Burnett, Eilhard Schlesinger, Bernard M. W. Knox, Eric A. Havelock, Jean-Paul Sartre, Christian Wolff, and Thomas G. Rosenmeyer--all dealing with the plays of…

The purpose of film study is defined here in the words of D. W. Griffiths: "My goal is above all to make you see." This book is intended to be used as a text in a film study course. It traces the development of films from a scientific curiosity through silent films to modern wide screen productions. A comic strip is used to demonstrate the effect…

This is the report of a feasibility study on the subject of a formal association between the Drama Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Chapter I, the Introduction, states and defines the problem and presents the objectives and procedures of the study. Chapter II deals with questions of…

This dissertation presents the most educative, feasible, and economical methods for integrating theatre and drama into education. Theatre- and drama-in-education programs in Moscow, London, and Los Angeles were observed, evaluated, and analyzed, and findings synthesized. These data were obtained through readings, questionnaires, interviews, and…

This study presents a history of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools from 1884 to 1970, investigating teaching methods, problems, philosophies, contributions, and accomplishments of speech and drama teachers, as well as the attitudes and contributions of administrators toward speech and drama education and the effects of this…

The focus of this booklet is on a survey of approaches and programs in theater arts education in Canada. Short articles cover such topics as a summary of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival, play-acting in the classroom, the educational drama program in Newfoundland, the Studio Lab Theatre Foundation, the rebirth of theater in New Brunswick, the…

This book provides students and teachers of scenic design and drama classes with a foundation for planning the style of a theater production. Each chapter in the book discusses the art and culture of a major period in the history of the theater, the developments in theater and in dramatic method that took place, and at least one play…

The personal-growth model of the language arts, based on views expressed at the 1966 Dartmouth Seminar, emphasizes creative drama as important in contributing to children's language development. However, any increase in creative drama within language arts programs is jeopardized by current conditions, which include limited economic resources,…

Suggested are ways to use creative dramatics with gifted children to encourage changes in impressive, expressive, communicative, social, and creative behavior. (DB)

This follow-up to two previous studies provides a list of dissertations in the area of Italian studies, mainly literature, either completed since 1971 or currently in progress. (Author/KM)

The dramaturgical dimensions of the "theater of fact" as found in two anti-war plays, "Discourse on Viet Nam" by Peter Weiss and "Xa: A Vietnam Primer" by the ProVisional Theatre are examined. In these plays the author finds that Vietnamese history becomes rhetorical testament in arguments against United States…

Offers some techniques useful for helping students overcome tension-producing expectations about acting. (MH)