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Reminiscence Theatre : Making Theatre from Memories.
Title:
Reminiscence Theatre : Making Theatre from Memories.
Author:
Schweitzer, Pam.
ISBN:
9781846425714
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY GLENDA JACKSON MP -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION BY FAITH GIBSON -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- BACKGROUND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REMINISCENCE THEATRE -- Part 1: Reminiscence Theatre: Process and Product -- Chapter 1: Setting Up a Reminiscence Theatre Company -- Chapter 2: From Interviews to Verbatim Script -- Chpater 3: Developing the Practice of Verbatim Theatre -- Chapter 4: Reflecting a Multicultural Society -- Chapter 5: Dramatising Jewish and Irish Elders' Memories -- Chapter 6: A Sense of Place and Time -- Chapter 7: Staging and Touring Reminiscence Theatre -- Part 2: Participatory and Inter-generational Projects -- Chapter 8: Theatrical Scenes Stimulating Audience Participation -- Chapter 9: Reminiscence Theatre in Education Projects -- Chapter 10: Reminiscence Theatre in a Youth Theatre Context -- Chapter 11: Inter-generational Play-making in Schools -- Part 3: Older People Dramatising and Performing their Memories -- Chapter 12: Older People Enacting their Own Memories -- Chapter 13: Minority Ethnic Elders Make Theatre from their Lives -- Chapter 14: Use of Drama in Outreach Work and in Dementia Care -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
This book is a comprehensive guide to the nature, practice and therapeutic effects of reminiscence theatre. Drawing on examples from real-life case studies, Pam Schweitzer provides practical advice on the process of taking an oral history, creating from it a written script and developing that into a dramatic production, on whatever scale.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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