International guide to children's theatre and educational theatre : a historical and geographical source book
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International guide to children's theatre and educational theatre : a historical and geographical source book
Greenwood Press, 1990
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International guide to children's theater and educational theater
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Includes bibliographical references ([359]-367) and index
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Description
Swortzell has constructed a seminal reference work that chronicles the history, current state of artistic achievement, and foremost future needs of children's theater in 44 different countries. . . . an excellent first resource for diverse forms of research, and quite accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. Choice
After a visit to the Children's Educational Theatre in New York City, the first American theatre intended specifically for children and adolescents, Mark Twain declared that children's theatre is one of the very, very great inventions of the twentieth century.
The Guide is designed as a reference book, surveying theatre for young people in forty-five countries from Australia to Zimbabwe, as well as examining some of the provocative paradoxes, questions, and concerns that plague and inspire children's theatre. Arranged in alphabetical order by country, the Guide documents the history of the children's theatre movement in each country, defines its current state of artistic achievement, and projects its foremost needs for the future. For each chapter, the Guide includes profiles of representative companies. Important productions and influential dramatists, directors, designers, performers, and pedagogues are also mentioned.
Table of Contents
Introduction: "A Very Great Invention" Australia Austria Brazil Canada, English-speaking Canada, French-speaking China Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France German Democratic Republic Federal Republic of Germany Ghana Great Britain Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Korea Lesotho Malaysia Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States of America Vietnam Yugoslavia Zimbabwe Bibliography Index
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