Tells how actors can be taught stage dialects. Covers pre-rehearsal procedures, auditions, initial dialect sessions, and rehearsal procedures. Includes a bibliography of standard texts and recorded materials. (PD)

Defines metaphorical staging as group interpretation that gives a ritual or symbolic stage form to literature and illustrates this concept by describing the staging of D. H. Lawrence's story "The Horse Dealer's Daughter". (MH)

Suggests the possibility of using two actors to portray one narrator in a Chamber Theatre performance of Herman Melville's short story, Bartleby the Scrivener. (MH)

Explores the challenges of performing children's nonsense poetry with, rather than to, an audience of children. Discusses different nonsense operations and offers a broad-based scheme for making performance decisions about what kind of nonverbal emphasis to use in performance. Includes examples with suggestions for performance. (SR)

Identifies several problems inherent in developing valid and reliable evaluative criteria for group performances and suggests some practical ways for dealing with these problems. (MH)

Clarifies the principles behind preparing a piece of literature for a Readers Theatre production. Uses Sylvia Plath's autobiographical novel, "The Bell Jar," as an example. (PD)

Examines the creation of a high school fine arts club to provide financial support for the music, art and theatre arts departments and to help enhance cooperation among these departments while providing broader cultural experiences for the club members. (MH)

Draws and extends from earlier papers and articles the author has presented and conversations he has had with colleagues over a 30-year period of time. Explores factors that have contributed to the decline in speech and theater education. (SG)

Outlines the process of adapting/directing literature for performance on the stage. Also emphasizes the importance of establishing a perspective on the material and creating a visual context and explains the process involved in the formation of a production concept. (AEW)