Research Catalog

Title

The young audience : exploring and enhancing children's experiences of theatre / Matthew Reason.

Author

Reason, Matthew, 1975-

Publication

Stoke on Trent ; Sterling : Trentham Books, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Barnard, Lisa, 1967-

Description

xiii, 180 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

'The young audience' provides vital insights into how we can better support and enhance children's engagement with theatre. Its exploration of how young children perceive and respond to live theatre performances is invaluable for teachers, artists, researchers, students, policy makers and other professionals working with theatre or with young children in other contexts and environments.

Alternative Title

• Exploring and enhancing children's experiences of theatre
• Children's experiences of theatre

Subject

Theater and children > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part One: Contexts and Questions -- 1. Theatre for Children and Education / Philip Pullman: Theatre -- the true key stage -- 2. From Audience Development to Cultural Rights -- Tony Graham: Children grow up not down -- 3. Quality in Theatre for Children -- Peter Manscher and Peter Jankovic: Eye-level -- Part Two: The Theatrical Experience -- 4. Researching Children's lived Experiences of Theatre -- 5. Theatrical Illusion and Material Reality -- 6. Theatrical Competence -- 7. Moral or Metaphorical Engagement -- Part Three: Enhancing Engagement -- 8. Enhancing Engagement -- 9. Drawing on the Experience -- 10. Talking about Theatre Talking about Theatre resource -- Conclusion 'Looking': Photographs by Lisa Barnard -- The Audience's Gaze.

ISBN

• 9781858564500
• 1858564506

OCLC

475454732

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library