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Schneider, Ben Ross, Jr. – 1979
The London Stage Information Bank (LSIB) is a machine-readable text of "The London Stage, 1660-1800," an 11-volume publication that contains information on plays, entertainments and afterpieces, casts, box-receipts, and contemporary comment compiled from playbills, newspapers, and theatrical diaries of the period. The LSIB can be…
Descriptors: Acting, Computer Programs, Databases, Drama
Andrews, Tom; Austell, Jan – Educators Guide to Media & Methods, 1968
Franco Zeffirelli's film "Romeo and Juliet" is appropriate for classroom study because of its relevance to today's youthful rebellion, to current social pressures, and to the generation gap. After viewing the film and seeing the images and moods of the performers, the students are better prepared to read the play imaginatively. (Numerous…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Drama, English Instruction, English Literature
Semmler, Clement – Opinion, 1969
Australian Literature, in spite of the cultural and creative handicaps imposed on a developing country, is becoming accepted on the international literary scene. Contemporary novels and drama have imaginatively combined characteristic Australian themes and myths with European artistic traditions, while poetry has shown a concern with universal…
Descriptors: Australian Literature, Drama, English Instruction, English Literature
Sanders, Norman – 1965
In his plays, Shakespeare reveals a double view of life by repeatedly juxtaposing a representation of the comic spirit with the tragic protagonist. In the idiom of Shakespeare's world, heroic characters often embarrass or destroy themselves by confusing appearance with reality. Then, the comic characters or "mad men," functioning as…
Descriptors: Characterization, Comedy, Drama, English Instruction
Nostbakken, Faith – 2002
Although "Othello" has been one of William Shakespeare's most popular plays, its performance history has been marked with risk and tension because of the play's focus on racial prejudice, gender conflict, and sexuality. The controversies surrounding conflicting attitudes toward race and religion, love and marriage, and war and the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Drama, English Literature
Kosok, Heinz – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, 1970
Revised version of an address at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag," Munster, West Germany, March 31, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Drama, English (Second Language), English Literature, Language Instruction
Schrey, Helmut – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, 1970
Remarks presented at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag." Munster, West Germany, March 31, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Drama, English (Second Language), English Literature, Language Instruction
Kenny, Shirley Strum – ADE Bulletin, 1980
Presents a method of teaching Restoration and eighteenth-century drama in which a context shaped by student characteristics and needs is built for the study of the plays and in which a single specific problem is addressed in each text to develop an understanding of the drama and the period. (DF)
Descriptors: College English, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Instruction
Haddon, John – Use of English, 1990
Calls for a curriculum which uses the plays of Shakespeare to teach human values. Suggests that attention to certain moments within Shakespeare's plays may enhance or refine the understanding of moral qualities. Acknowledges that some critics would deny that those values are universal or eternal. (SG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature
Sinfield, Alan – Use of English, 1990
Explains the use of dramatic texts in the classroom to demonstrate how ideas which are inconsistent with a culture's sense of reality may sometimes be rejected as implausible. Argues that a dominant ideology makes other views seem implausible or even inconceivable. Provides several examples from a variety of dramatic works. (SG)
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Drama, English Literature, Group Discussion
Forrester, Ann – 1995
Shakespeare has brought alive Western society's shared history and culture in a way no other playwright has ever done, and it is his relevance that makes reading his works worthwhile. Community college educators can prepare the citizens of the future to assimilate population trends and technological advancements by giving their students the widest…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Drama, English Instruction, English Literature
Edelson, Paul J. – 1991
Administrators can acquire a broader range of material drawn from Shakespeare and, by implication, from other great authors as sources for a fuller cognizance of life. The vast field of Shakespearean scholarship and criticism overshadows the works themselves. Nevertheless, adults can rediscover Shakespeare through performances and recreational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Deans, Drama, Educational Administration
Barish, Jonas A., Ed. – 1963
One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Jonas A. Barish, T. S. Eliot, L. C. Knights, Harry Levin, Edmund Wilson, Arthur Sale, C. H. Herford, Paul Goodman, Edward B. Partridge, Ray L. Heffner, Jr., Joseph Allen Bryant, Jr., and Dolora Cunningham--all dealing…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Drama, English Instruction
Lenz, Carolyn R.; Hutchinson, P. William – 1975
A course in Renaissance theatre offered within the general studies curriculum at Rhode Island College introduced students to the field of Jacobean and Elizabethan drama and to the dramatic arts, provided opportunities for students to help produce and act in scenes from several plays, and revealed to them the importance of vivid and detailed…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Drama, Dramatics, English Literature

Foster, Donald W. – Computers and the Humanities, 1996
Responds critically to Ward Elliott and Robert Valenza's computerized stylometric analyses of Shakespeare plays and purported Shakespearean materials. Argues that the Elliott-Valenza tests are deeply flawed, both in their design and execution. Claims that inconvenient data were ignored, control samples not identified, and unwarranted assumptions…
Descriptors: Authors, Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis