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The process of drama : negotiating art and meaning

Title
The process of drama : negotiating art and meaning / John O'Toole.
Author
O'Toole, John, 1941-
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Description
vii, 260 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
An account of the relationships between the playwright, the elements of dramatic art and the other artists - Areas covered include, the dramatic context, role and relationships, drama space, language, movement and gesture, tension and the audience.
Subject
  • Theater
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • theater (discipline)
  • plays (performing arts compositions)
  • drama (literary genre)
  • Theater
  • Toneel
  • Acteren
  • Context
  • Betekenis
Genre/Form
  • Drama
  • Drama.
  • Théâtre.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-253) and index.
Contents
1. Preliminary definitions. 2. The elements of dramatic form -- 1. The dramatic contexts. The real context. The context of the medium. The context of the setting. The fictional context. Contextual frames. Drama in education: choosing a context. Drama as service. Service as subversion. Drama as subject. Issues and contexts. Flexibility of fictional context. Analogies -- 2. Role. Role in real life. Role-play and training. Role-play and games. Role-play and contracts. Role-play in theatre in education. Role-play and self-in-role. Simple role-play. Individualising role-play. Role-play, negotiation and learning -- 3. Purpose and focus. General purposes outside the context. The teacher's specific purposes. Children's purposes.
ISBN
  • 0415082439
  • 9780415082433
  • 0415082447
  • 9780415082440
  • 9780203359617
  • 0203359615
LCCN
  • 92007785
  • 32785230
OCLC
  • ocm25368979
  • 25368979
  • SCSB-1971965
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library