Using dramatics for self actualization. (CH)

Notes the effect child protagonists can have on adult viewers of a play because adult audiences can be reminded of the helplessness of childhood. (JC)

Examines the ways in which Jane Addams affected the field of creative drama. (PD)

This book is an index to plays suitable for study and performance in elementary schools and in children's groups. This volume updates the last such index, published in 1940 by the American Library Association, and supplements and updates "Play Index's" list of children's plays. Over 500 children's one-act plays and skits published in the United…

This paper outlines research which examined the relationship between drama and writing, detailing the method of enquiry, theoretical foundations and emergent findings. The study sought to understand the nature of the support that drama offers children as writers and to identify features of writing which regularly surfaced in drama-related writing.…

A course in the production of plays for and with children for presentation at elementary schools is outlined. This course involves choosing the play and mounting the production. The performance objectives indicate the student will: develop the necessary stage disciplines to perform as a member of a production unit; reacquaint himself with a…

This book is a resource on using drama to enhance the ethnic literacy of children in kindergarten through grade 6 by developing insight into the multiethnic world in which they live. By combining folk literature with informal classroom drama, a hands-on strategy for promoting multiethnic awareness is developed. An anthology of 20 folk tales is…

Intended to accompany the children's play "The Prince Who Wouldn't Talk" by James Brock on a tour of elementary schools, this guide is designed to help prepare students for the production, stimulate them to new thinking, and create follow-up activities for the classroom. The guide's first section gives a brief history of the Children's…

The processes involved in drama and the dramatic play of children are essentially the same in that they rely on an imitation of nature, involve a transformation of reality through imagination, connect seemingly irrelevant elements creatively, and bring a temporary, limited order to an emotional experience. When child's play is used as a basis for…