Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

The booklet presents a transcript of a public radio program on arts at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. In the interview, students and the principal discuss their experiences in this high school for students pursuing the disciplines of dance, theater, music, and the visual arts. Music students talk about how the school has…

Confronted with the problems imposed by the stage presentation and interpretation of ancient Greek theatre to contemporary audiences, scholars have developed four major approaches to the presentation of Greek drama over the past 70 years. The first approach, referred to as modificationist or realist, claims that communicating ancient Greek drama…

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to identify resources for the variety of approaches that teachers of courses in Shakespeare might use. Entries in the first part of the book deal with teaching Shakespeare in secondary schools and in college, teaching Shakespeare as performance, and teaching Shakespeare with other authors. Entries in…

COMPANION TO "A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE FOR TESOL. PART I--THE NOVEL," THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOLLOWS THE SAME CRITERIA AND FORMAT, INDICATING FOR EACH SELECTION--(1) THE CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD, (2) THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, (3) THE TYPE OF LIFE, (4) THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, (5) THE MAJOR THEMES OR CULTURAL POINTS, AND (6) THE…

Focusing on the contemporary theatre in Southeast Asia, this journal issue sheds light on the intercultural relationships that exist between that part of the world and the Western world. In addition to a transcript of a Balinese "topeng" (storytelling) performance, the journal contains eight articles that provide information on the…

Films of Shakespeare's plays can demonstrate to students not only that Shakespearean drama is as "alive" today as it was 400 years ago, but also that directors, actors, settings, and costumes can assist in formulating interpretations of plays. In addition by comparing stage and film, students learn to distinguish between the conventions…

This report describes a Title I summer program which sought to develop a success-oriented self-concept in disadvantaged students with academic deficiencies. Drama was used to encourage freedom of expression, sensitivity, and creativity. The bulk of the report is a weekly outline of the program; the students were taught such acting techniques as…

Francois Truffaut's film classic, "The 400 Blows," can provide artistic material for English teachers who wish to design a unit on the individual and society, on alienation, or on growing up. In the film, a powerful image of the terrifying isolation that the adolescent, Doinel, experiences is presented through repeated camera shots of…

In 1974, a committee was established to explore various facets of professional drama training in Britain. This report of the committee to the sponsoring foundation includes information on background and on apparent trends in employment available for people involved in theatre and allied fields; it describes the existing system of drama training;…