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Download full textRobinette, Dan; Fields, Jay E. – Kentucky Journal of Communication Arts, 1982
A study was conducted to survey current directions and conventions in Interpreters Theatre (includes readers theatre, presentational theatre, and chamber theatre) through a literature review and to note the presence and function of these conventions in current Broadway shows that are predominantly representational. The essential conventions were…
Descriptors: Drama, Literary Devices, Playwriting, Production Techniques
Kirby, Michael, Ed. – The Drama Review, 1980
The diversity of important work being done by women in many aspects of theatrical performance in the United States is illustrated in this journal issue. The nine articles provide discussions of the following: (1) women's careers, images, and movements in the American theatre; (2) the evolution of La Mama, an off-off-Broadway theatre group begun in…
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatics, Employed Women, Females
Cornish, Roger N. – 1980
In spite of the importance of the one-act play as an art form and as a tool for teaching playwriting, authors of playwriting texts have devoted little space to the study of the form. Because of this neglect, there is no definition of the form that is simple and specific enough to undergrid efforts to teach or write it. In the absence of a solid…
Descriptors: Dramatics, Higher Education, Literary Devices, Playwriting
Flannery, James W. – 1983
The ideas and techniques of post-modernist art and the imagist theatre represent an important preparatory stage in the revival of poetic drama. During the 1960s and early 1970s, a number of experimental companies rebelled against the realism of the American theatre and began to produce works that stressed emotional authenticity in acting, active…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Drama, Modernism, Playwriting
Peer reviewedSwortzell, Lowell – Youth Theatre Journal, 1989
Discusses the plays of Wendy Kesselman. Analyzes the plays in light of the special demands they make upon young audiences. (MS)
Descriptors: Audiences, Childrens Literature, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education
Harbison, Lawrence; And Others – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1981
Presents opinions of professionals on the current state of the high school play. Participants include a playwright, play supplier, high school theater instructor, workshop leader, and play publisher. Discusses selection, production, and performance of plays. (JMF)
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatics, Playwriting, Production Techniques
Peer reviewedDezseran, Catherine – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Presents a study of the use of serious subject matter in plays for youth by (1) tracing the trends of increasing advocacy and acceptance of such subject matter and (2) outlining patterns in the ways in which such subject matter is presented, focusing on original, contemporary plays, written by American playwrights. (JC)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Content Analysis, Creative Writing
