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Direct linkJames, David L. – Community College Enterprise, 2018
A recent article in "The Weekly Standard," "Kenyon College Cancels Play About Immigration; Starts 'Whiteness Group,'" describes a current call for censorship. Wendy MacLeod's play, "The Good Samaritan," is about an immigrant family in the U.S. surviving "without pay and living in dire conditions," according…
Descriptors: Censorship, Literature, Theater Arts, Drama
Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Offers a statement on freedom of artistic expression in educational theater by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Deals with issues, responsibility, process, strategies for teachers and directors. Offers a bibliography and two sample process forms (describing procedures for challenging materials and procedures for requesting a…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Speech
Peer reviewedFrank, Bob – Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA), 1993
Discusses what drama teachers, directors, and administrators should know about the legal limits of their freedom of expression. Discusses the limitations imposed by the courts on administrative officials regarding their ability to control or regulate what theater students and teachers do. (RS)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech
Download full textSmith, Ralph R.; Moore, Dale – 1990
In 1989, some Springfield, Missouri residents demanded cancellation of the Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU) theater department's production of Larry Kramer's play, "The Normal Heart," which they alleged to be obscene. Opponents purchased newspaper advertisements which charged that the publicly funded production promoted a…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Censorship, Discourse Analysis
