The high-school drama teacher's choice of plays, emphasis on spectacle, and overemphasis on competition reflect the commercial influence of Broadway, together with a desire for good public relations with the school community. Teachers often produce plays because they are popular, neglecting good innovative and experimental works in favor of musical comedies, and spending time building elaborate sets instead of helping their students understand the theater as art. To counteract this commercial influence, teachers can select plays that focus on characterization and can adopt a minimal staging approach (e.g., building sets only from a standard collection of platforms, cubes, and rectangles). (DD)
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- Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English.
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Table of Contents
- DOCUMENT RESUME 1
- Hundhausen David How to Succeed in Production Without Really Snendinc. Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English. 1
- FDRS Price ME-0.25 HC-0.40 Objectives Lighting Production Techniques School Activities Secondary Education Theater Arts 1
- 0 week or so later I was in the early throes of rehearsal fast becoming a bit tired 2
- I managed to stay in one piece through the two 2
- People are much mere likely to attend a performance of a of the public for popular entertainment as o 3
- I think that the musical comedy boom which has hit the high schools in recent years is a good example of what I am talking about. No one can deny 4
- There was also a fine production of a play called Im Herbert a two- 6
