Theatre for the young
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Theatre for the young
(Macmillan modern dramatists)
Macmillan, 1990
- pbk
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  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book looks at the range of stage plays for young people written and produced in Britain by adult professionals. The author argues that Young People's Theatre is a phenomenon, which is continuous with and distinct from adult theatre. It attempts to define the appropriate aesthetic criteria with which to approach it, giving a brief historical survey and describing examples.
Table of Contents
- Definitions and principles
- history and evolution
- the present scene
- fantasy in a traditional mould: "Peter Pan", "Pinocchio", "Wind in the Willows", "The Wizard of Oz", "The Gingerbread Man", "There was an Old Woman", "The Selfish Shellfish", "Niddala", "Changing Gear", "Hiawatha"
- new fantasy - "The Goldfish Bowl", "Dead Easy", "The Arkansaw Bear", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Der Vogelkopp", "Old King Cole"
- "social realism" and plays based on political issues: "Better in the Long Run", "Gaining ground", "Raj", "Susumu's Story", "Peacemaker", "ABC", "No Passaran", "1983"
- "social realism" and plays based on other issues: "Treasure Island", "Example", "Arthur Rosebud's Revelation", "All in Stitches", "Stronger Than Superman", "On His Own Two Feet", "Best of Friends", "Plague of Innocence".
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