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Van Tassel, Wesley – Educ Theatre J, 1969
The opinions of producers, directors, actors, and designers of plays for child audiences under 10 years old were solicited in this study; based upon author's doctoral research at the University of Denver, 1968. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Acting, Children, Dialogs (Literary), Dramatics
Aksel, Sophie C. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1971
The interest of any adolescent can always be captured with a good story especially if it is told by a professional performer. The actress Frances Foster visited a vocational high school and introduced the students to the excitement of the theater. (MF)
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Activities, Library Services, Theater Arts

Campbell, Paul Newell – Central States Speech Journal, 1981
Develops the argument that considering theatrical performances to be rhetorical transactions between actors and audiences is both inappropriate and critically unprofitable. (See EJ 240 170-173.) (PD)
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Dance, Drama

Jones, Claire – Children's Theatre Review, 1982
Analyzes levels of audience involvement in participation theater: (1) instruction, (2) direct contact, (3) independent creative, (4) contribution of ideas, (5) representative involvement, (6) decision making, (7) story control, and (8) spontaneous involvement. Contends that participation plays help a child develop into a responsive adult audience…
Descriptors: Acting, Audience Participation, Children, Childrens Literature
Campbell, Paul Newell – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1981
Argues that theater is aimed at and presented to an ideal or abstract audience. Discusses the implications of performing for an actual audience, adaptation to various audiences, and the concept of the audience as an evaluative device. (See CS 705 536.) (JMF)
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Drama, Interaction

Smith, Ralph A. – Contemporary Education, 1979
Teaching is strenuous enough without requiring educators to be entertaining as well. (LH)
Descriptors: Acting, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Moore, Marcia; Douglas, Mark – Journal of the University Film Association, 1977
Studies Chaplin as a filmmaker and personality by analyzing his writings and background from an astrological perspective. (MH)
Descriptors: Acting, Film Study, Personality Assessment, Professional Personnel
Knoedelseder, Kurt H. – Teaching Theatre, 2000
Argues that teachers and directors should teach their students how to audition. Offers tips, explanations, and observations regarding selection of material, preparation, appearance, making contact, and other advice. (SR)
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Higher Education, Secondary Education

Gilpin, Don – Stage of the Art, 1998
Describes a project to help student actors "get into character" thoroughly and empathetically. Notes that 10th, 11th, and 12th graders interviewed many people in a conflict-ridden school community, recorded and transcribed the interviews, took notes on interviewees' gestures and characteristics, and represented those people as faithfully…
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, High Schools, Interviews
Miller, Bruce – Teaching Theatre, 2002
Offer a strategy that can help make the work acting instructors do with their students as they prepare for college auditions as effective as possible. Looks at the process of finding an appropriate monologue. Established some ground rules for preparation and apply them to the monologue's development. Reviews suggestions to help students present…
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, High Schools, Rehearsals (Theater Arts)
Cantor, Jon – Teaching Theatre, 2002
Suggests site-specific theatrical productions can create innovative productions in nontraditional spaces. Discusses the experiences of the author as he directed a site-specific production (Wendy MacLeod's "The Shallow End," set at an indoor pool) and addresses the lessons he learned from it. Includes advice on creating site-specific productions.…
Descriptors: Acting, Audience Awareness, Higher Education, Production Techniques
Brockett, Oscar G.; Findlay, Robert R. – 1973
This book discusses the history of European and American drama from the advent of the "modern" era (around 1870) until the early 1970s. Coverage is further restricted to persons and events most characteristic of an era or of greatest significance later. Both theatrical and dramatic practice are treated as integral parts of a whole. Some…
Descriptors: Acting, Cultural Background, Drama, Dramatic Play
Posner, Stephen – Speech Teacher, 1974
Describes mime program at a high school. (CH)
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, Dramatics, Pantomime
Behringer, Clara – J Aesthetic Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Communication Problems, Dramatics
Long, Jerry L. – 1974
Problems in the preparation of a school play for opening night are discussed in this paper for the benefit of directors who may not have had any previous experience in play production. The questions of what the director does, when he does it, and why he does it are all explored in sections on choosing a play, establishing command, casting, the…
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, Dramatics, Production Techniques