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Frome, Sheldon – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1978
Offers some techniques useful for helping students overcome tension-producing expectations about acting. (MH)
Descriptors: Acting, Anxiety, Drama, High School Students
Fisher, Jacqueline E. – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1984
Describes an integrated approach to teaching broad-based theatre skills, including script analysis, research, design, directing, and acting. (PD)
Descriptors: Acting, Course Content, Dramatics, Production Techniques
Whitaker, Beverly – Speech Teacher, 1974
Suggestions for improving the teaching of performance by actively involving the classroom audience. (CH)
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Instructor, 1973
Formal plays offer opportunities for a child to develop skills in memorization oral expression, teamwork, and leadership. (Author)
Descriptors: Acting, Child Development, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression
Mersand, Joseph – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1971
A listing and brief discussion of plays and audiovisuals the author used with success in secondary schools. (AF)
Descriptors: Acting, Audiovisual Aids, Drama, Dramatics
Samples, M. David – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Deplores the pretenders" not on the stage but in the director's role on campus. (Editor)
Descriptors: Acting, Dramatics, Higher Education, Professional Personnel
King, Woodie, Jr. – Negro Dig, 1970
Discusses necessity for the black theater to divorce itself from dependence upon white foundation support; holds that black theater should be supported by its own community. (KG)
Descriptors: Acting, Black Community, Black Culture, Economic Factors
Hopkins, Mary Frances – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1981
Examines reasons why those who engage in performance and direct performances take up the burden. Considers performance an authentic, primary experience; a way of knowing; and also a way of knowing what is worth knowing. (PD)
Descriptors: Acting, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Humanities

McKeen, William – Journalism Educator, 1980
An American press history teacher develops student interest in his topic by masquerading as major personalities in the history of journalism. (RL)
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Higher Education, History
Cullum, Albert – 1995
This resource presents scripts for eight Shakespearean plays. The scripts are adapted for classroom presentation by intermediate level students. Each play includes introductory materials, instructions for staging and costumes, a vocabulary list, and a cast of characters. Enough roles are provided for participation by every child in the class. Many…
Descriptors: Acting, Comedy, Drama, Dramatics

Litvinoff, Valentina – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1975
Article described a course taught at a university department of theater that was designed to deepen our cognizance of the potential of the human body as a dance instrument as it widened our knowledge of dance in the context of human history. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Acting, Aesthetic Education, Course Descriptions, Dance
Hirvela, David P. – Players, 1974
A consideration of basic acting courses for college students not majoring in theatre. (CH)
Descriptors: Acting, Core Curriculum, Dramatics, Higher Education
Davis, Ken – 1983
The best art experience has often been characterized as a kind of balance between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the expected and the unexpected, the easy and the hard. Good directors and actors have the artistry to be able to play on the orientation reactions of the audience. They know how to structure a production or performance so that it…
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Drama, Interpretive Skills
Lewicki, Kathleen – 1985
The grading system for technical practicums in theatre at California State University, San Bernandino uses an evaluation form completed by each student's practicum supervisor. The evaluation form gives concrete evidence that there are viable criteria for grading practicums, and also helps if a student wishes to challenge his or her grade. Usually…
Descriptors: Acting, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grading
Newman, Geoffrey W. – 1977
Acting Style refers to the individual characteristics of appearance, voice, movement, and temperament that distinguish one actor from another. Based on the theory that the black actor tends to approach a role presentation on a visceral level of communication, in contrast to the white actor's intellectual approach, this study identified those…
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Black Culture, Blacks