Reminiscence theatre [[electronic resource] ] : making theatre from memories / / Pam Schweitzer ; foreword by Glenda Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784173503321
• Autore: Schweitzer Pam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-92946-4; 9786610929467; 1-84642-571-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 792/.0222
• Soggetti: Amateur theater; Theater and older people; Playwriting; Oral history
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ReminiscenceTheatre Company; Chapter 2:From Interviews to Verbatim Script; Chpater 3:Developing the Practiceof Verbatim Theatre; Chapter 4:Reflecting a Multicultural Society; Chapter 5:Dramatising Jewishand Irish Elders' Memories; Chapter 6:A Sense of Place and Time; Chapter 7:Staging and TouringReminiscence Theatre; Part 2:Participatory andInter-generational ProjectsChapter 8:Theatrical Scenes StimulatingAudience Participation; Chapter 9:Reminiscence Theatrein Education Projects; Chapter 10:Reminiscence Theatrein a Youth Theatre Context; Chapter 11:Inter-generationalPlay-making in Schools; Part 3:Older People Dramatising andPerforming their Memories; Chapter 12:Older People Enactingtheir Own Memories; Chapter 13:Minority Ethnic Elders MakeTheatre from their Lives; Chapter 14:Use of Drama in Outreach Workand in Dementia Care; ; Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.