Exploring Theatre, Student Edition
by Nancy Prince, Jeanie Jackson
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | January 2004 | ISBN-10: 007861614X | PDF | 448 pages | 53.2 mb
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Exploring Theatre focuses on the development of the total student, which includes developing personal resources, self-confidence, the ability to work well with others, and a life-long appreciation of theater; learning to bolster self-concepts, build an ensemble, observe people and places more closely, move expressively, and become more aware of the senses; learning basic acting skills such as improvisation, characterization, role preparation, and stage movement; exploring a range of career or avocational opportunities in theater and theater education; understanding the various aspects of the production process; and studying special topics such as storytelling, clowning, oral interpretation, readers theater, and puppetry. This text is an ideal introductory theater text for both middle and high school.
CONTENTS
UNIT 1 - Getting Started in Theatre 2
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to Theatre! 4
Exploring Theatre Time Line 20
CHAPTER 2 You and Theatre 28
CHAPTER 3 Developing Your Personal Resources 50
CHAPTER 4 Creative Drama 66
UNIT 2 - Building Your Acting Skills 80
CHAPTER 5 Developing Your Voice 82
CHAPTER 6 Improvisation 107
CHAPTER 7 Characterization 121
CHAPTER 8 The Play and Your Part 136
CHAPTER 9 Taking the Stage 149
UNIT 3 - Producing and Appreciating Plays 168
CHAPTER 10 The Production Process 170
CHAPTER 11 Behind the Scenes 189
CHAPTER 12 Theatre Appreciation 225
CHAPTER 13 Your Future in Theatre 246
UNIT 4 - Special Topics in Theatre 266
CHAPTER 14 Mime, Pantomime, and Clowning 268
CHAPTER 15 Interpreting Literature 286
CHAPTER 16 Storytelling 315
CHAPTER 17 Readers Theatre and Radio Theatre 329
CHAPTER 18 Puppetry, Shadow Play, and Masks 345
