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Fallon, Richard G. – 1974
The Asolo State Theatre Company and Florida State University, operating together, provide a professional repertory theatre company, professional theatre training, a laboratory for theatre-related research, and a resource both for innovative teaching in the public schools and for undergraduate training in the humanities. Begun in 1960, this…
Descriptors: Acting, Community Involvement, Drama, Educational Programs
Havens, John F. – 1968
This directory presents the findings of a national survey of community theatres. The following information is provided for each responding community theatre, listed alphabetically by State: (1) Name and address of theatre, (2) year activated, (3) name and address of contact individual, (4) affiliations with theatre organizations, (5) type of…
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Auditoriums, Community Organizations
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1972
This course guide is intended to help teachers introduce students to the basic concepts of readers' or interpreters' theatre. Performance objectives for the students are listed which include: (1) discerning the elements that make up a good choice of material, developing some understanding of how to adapt and arrange the material for readers'…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Dramatics, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction
Donoho, Bette Halperin – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Community Performance Theater is a vehicle for creating collective knowledge based on oral history, opening dialogue in an urban setting, and paving the way for social change.
Descriptors: Theaters, Social Change, Oral History, Experiential Learning
Roncelli, Janet M. – 1984
One of the rhetorical dimensions on which theatre exists is the rhetoric of production. This implies that the production, through examples, takes and urges an attitude toward the text. This argument provides a foundation for both the nature and the implications of interpreters theatre productions that advocate social issues. Theatrical…
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Drama
Mathematica, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
As part of the second phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960's, this volume provides four round table discussions involving 22 theatre persons from around the country who were drawn together to share their perceptions of the needs of professional theatre. The first…
Descriptors: Acting, Facility Requirements, Fund Raising, Futures (of Society)
Frankel, Edith, Comp. – 1978
This annotated library guide to theater materials is divided into several separate sections. The first part, dealing with the subject as a whole, includes bibliographies; periodicals; indexes and abstracts; encyclopedias and dictionaries; yearbooks; directories; histories, biographies, and reviews; and dramatic literature. The second part lists…
Descriptors: Acting, Annotated Bibliographies, College Libraries, Dance
Ratliff, Gerald Lee – 1981
Defining readers theatre as a technique for enhancing students' appreciation of literature and spoken language by dramatizing literary works in classroom settings, this booklet explains the basic principles of that form and offers exercises for applying those principles. The booklet notes that while the exercises are intended primarily for…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Dramatics, Drama, Higher Education

Marker, Lise-Lone; Marker, Frederick J. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1975
Descriptors: Acting, Dramatics, History, Theater Arts

Stanback, T.W. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1983
Based on studies conducted by the Afro-Asian Committee of British Actors Equity and others, discusses the limited opportunities for minority actors in British theatre. Identifies plays in which Black performers were cast during the late 1970s and describes a number of fringe theatre groups which employ Black actors. (GC)
Descriptors: Acting, Blacks, Employment Opportunities, Theater Arts
Nicholson, David – Independent School Bulletin, 1972
In the form of engaging experiences, dramatics offer the student a better understanding of himself, of other people, of literature, and of life. (Author)
Descriptors: Acting, Dramatics, Imagination, Pantomime
Long, E. Hudson, Comp. – 1970
This selective bibliography, a guide to scholarship in the American drama and related subjects, provides coverage of the major works and topics, with emphasis on work published in the 20th century. Unpublished dissertations, most literary histories, and short notes and explications are omitted. Entries are listed under the general topics of…
Descriptors: Acting, Anthologies, Bibliographies, Drama
Mathematica, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
As part of the second phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960's, this volume contains statements of the problems and solutions identified by the following theatre organizations: (1) Actors' Equity Association, (2) Off-Off Broadway Alliance, (3) Alliance for American…
Descriptors: Acting, Facility Requirements, Fund Raising, Needs Assessment
Raeburn, David – Didaskalos, 1964
This booklet addresses itself to the problem of whether Greek tragedy can be produced today in schools as a vital theatrical experience. The main thesis of the first of two articles points out that while a producer's first concern must be to communicate the context and spirit of a particular drama to a modern audience, he must also bring out the…
Descriptors: Acting, Classical Literature, Cultural Enrichment, Drama
Leonard, Robert E. – Players, 1974
Discusses advisable repertoire for beginning actors. (CH)
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, Dramatics, Evaluation Methods