Truth in Play: Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances by Debbie N

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A collection of short dramatic scenes, with learning activities and teaching strategies to accompany each one - everything a teacher needs to help students connect with the material and give a truthful performance.

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A collection of short dramatic scenes, with learning activities and teaching strategies to accompany each one - everything a teacher needs to help students connect with the material and give a truthful performance.Truth in Play: Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances is divided into three thematic sections - Truth in Heart, Truth in Adversity and Truth in Justice - each designed to engage students in a specific set of universal themes and issues, help them step inside the text and guide them towards empathising with the characters. The teaching material will help teachers to develop their students' understanding of motivations and feelings, enabling them to connect authentically with their characters in performance.The book is aimed at those teaching English and Drama at secondary school level, and will also be invaluable to those working with youth drama groups as well as youth groups in general.Authors Debbie Nyman and Jill Lloyd-Jones have a wealth of experience of drama teaching in Canada and have drawn on a wide range of Canadian plays to illustrate their work.

Author Biography

Jill Lloyd-Jones is a UK-based freelance consultant who was a drama teacher and instructional leader for many years at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). She has worked collaboratively with all levels of educators to support innovation in the teaching of drama, theatre and movement.As a drama teacher and consultant for the Toronto District School Board, Debbie Nyman has been involved in the development of many curriculum documents at the board and provincial level. She is also an instructor of the Dramatic Arts Additional Qualifications Program at OISE/UT., Toronto. She is the co-author of Drama Schemes, Themes, and Dreams, a secondary book for Drama Teachers.David S Craig is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Roseneath Theatre and a playwright with twenty-nine professionally produced dramatic works including the award winning Danny, King of the Basement.

Review

'Concise and clear... the extracts are varied and interesting' * Teaching Drama *'Refreshing... Each extract is economically contextualised and followed by ideas for exploring the major themes of the piece and realising it on stage. Some gutsy issues are delved into from first sexual encounters (both straight and gay), homelessness, racialism, postapocalyptic survival, mental illness and inter-generational cultural tensions. I particularly liked the duologue from Offensive Fouls and the relationship drawn between a young offender and his case worker in Tough Case' * Drama Magazine *

Review Quote

'Concise and clear... the extracts are varied and interesting'

Competing Titles

Making Theatre Joss Benathan 9781848423053 30.95 Nick Hern Books 04/01/2014 55

Details ISBN177091272X Pages 208 Year 2015 ISBN-10 177091272X ISBN-13 9781770912724 Media Book Short Title TRUTH IN PLAY Language English Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-04-16 Subtitle Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances UK Release Date 2015-04-16 Imprint Playwrights Canada Press,Canada Country of Publication Canada Author David S. Craig Publisher Playwrights Canada Press,Canada DEWEY 792.0233 Audience General We've got this

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