Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Storytelling

In Incident at Vichy, Arthur Miller re-creates Dante's hell inside the gaping pit that is our history and populates it with sinners whose crimes are...

Documentary and narrative filmmakers often need to incorporate copyrighted material--pictures, footage, music, and sound created by others--in their work. But finding and using this material can be tricky and affects every aspect of the production: the schedule, budget, story, insurance, and distribution. Find It, Use It, License It is a new and updated edition of Archival Storytelling and is a film student s guide to the practical, effective, and ethical use of non-original source materials that you need to tell your story. The new edition features brand new interviews and...

The growing popularity of Readers Theatre proves you don't need scenery or costumes to create a stirring dramatic performance. This collection of scripts by a nationally-known authority on the subject will add a new theatrical look to your drama program. Their ease of performance makes these scripts ideal for classroom use, as well. A variety of stories from the pens of classical and contemporary writers, journalists, and playwrights, all adapted to readers theatre performance, make this text a truly valuable part of any drama library. The material includes comedy, mystery and suspense,...

Including stories from the 1700s to today, Choctaw Tales showcases the mythic, the legendary and supernatural, the prophecies and histories, the animal fables and jokes that make up the rich and lively Choctaw storytelling tradition. The stories display intelligence, artistry, and creativity as Choctaw narrators, past and present, express and struggle with beliefs, values, humor, and life experiences. Photographs of the storytellers complement the text. For sixteen tales, the Choctaw-language version appears in addition to the English translation.

Many of these stories, passed...