This final report provides an evaluation of the Lincoln Center Student Program which was designed to help junior and senior high students develop an understanding and appreciation for the theatre arts through a variety of cultural experiences. Evaluation focused on determining the: 1) extent to which the project fostered art appreciation toward…

This book describes drama as a medium for effective English teaching. The author discusses his experiences while attempting to carry on a teaching approach, centered in dramatic activity, which had been developing in the Perse School, in Cambridge, England, for nearly fifty years. Having learned English at the same school and in the same…

This issue of "Focus: Teaching English in Southeastern Ohio" contains articles about teaching Shakespeare, student summaries of a Shakespeare conference held at Ohio University-Zanesville in April 1976, and suggested projects for teaching poetry writing. It also contains lists of materials and articles related to the teaching of…

Discussions in this journal focus on the teaching of speech communication and drama in the secondary-level classroom. "Creative Drama in the Secondary Classroom" provides suggestions for incorporating beginning, lyric, and "human" drama into the secondary-level curriculum. "Student-Centered Teaching: A Desire for…

Selected findings of a recent national study of participants in a televised college-credit drama course (Classic Theatre: The Humanities in Drama) are reported. Information was obtained through 24 institutions offering the course; through questionnaires administered to samples of students, faculty members, and administrators; and through site…

In order to determine the status of speech and drama education in Illinois secondary schools, a detailed questionnaire was mailed to each Illinois high school during the 1973-1974 school year. This study analyzes the responses to that questionnaire, which asked basic research questions concerning the extent of the speech/drama curriculum, the…

Dorothy Heathcote's theories and practices relating to the uses of drama in education are presented in detail. The 20 chapters discuss the value of drama, as well as guidelines for organizing and carrying through dramatic activities. Transcripts of Heathcote's teaching and speaking and her writing are used to illustrate the generalizations drawn.…

When properly implemented, prototype testing appears to provide one of the most direct and economical methods for identifying means to optimize the effectiveness of a product, and ultimately to validate a product's effect. The nine papers in this volume exemplify several categories of protytype testing conducted at different stages of the…

Explores the use of drama as a therapeutic tool at various hospitals and records specific therapy groups dialogues. Available from: The Drama Review, 51 West 4th Street, Room 300, New York, N.Y. 10012. Subscription Rates: $12.50 per year. (MH)

Explores the theme that the suffering arising from Richard II's loss of power, a power that consisted more of appearance than of intrinsic worth, led him to spiritual growth and the development of real value as a person. (MB)

Discusses William Branch's play "In Splendid Error," a portrayal of events in the lives of Frederick Douglass and John Brown; points out that such plays can increase audiences' awareness of social and racial injustices. (GW)

Describes how the students of physics and drama have cooperated in an interdisciplinary project to produce a play, "The Physicists," in a high school. The purpose of the play is to promote artistic and analytical thinking. (GA)

Presents special skills which help readers to enjoy and profit from reading various literary genres. (JM)

Suggests that creative drama, including story dramatization, must include components such as rhythmic movement, pantomime, story improvisation, minimal situations, and teaching-in-role in order to produce educational benefits from a cohesive learning sequence. (MH)

Presents five specific interpersonal techniques for facilitating better communication between theatre teachers-directors and their students. (MH)