| Theatre for Children: A Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting Contributor(s): Wood, David (Author), Grant, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566632331 ISBN-13: 9781566632331 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. --Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. --Cameron Mackintosh |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography |
| Dewey: 792.022 |
| LCCN: 98-46033 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.26" W x 7.99" (0.69 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Wood has been called by the London Times "the national children's dramatist." Presenting theatre for children as a separate art form, Mr. Wood here draws upon his experience as a magician, actor, director, producer, composer, and playwright, and analyzes the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children everywhere. He reveals his special techniques for catching and holding a child's attention, provides a practical handbook illustrated with excerpts from his plays, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into them. He also examines the business side of children's theatre, showing exactly how a good synopsis will help to sell an idea. "The challenge," he writes, "is to give a unique theatrical experience to an audience, many of whom will be first-time theatergoers, to involve them emotionally, to sustain their interest in a story, to inspire and excite them using theatricality, to make them laugh, to make them think, to move them, to entertain and educate them by triggering their imaginations." This comprehensive guide written with Janet Grant is essential reading for professionals and amateurs alike and for anyone wishing to be involved in the theatre for children. |