The Poetics: A Play

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. I. INTRODUCTION
5. Emergent Conceptions in Theatre Pedagogy and Production 3
6. Towards an Understanding of Theatre for Education 14
7. II. THEATRE, THE ARTS, PEDAGOGY, AND PERFORMANCE
8. 'I Will Tear You to Pieces': The Classroom as Theatre 25
9. The Monologue Project: Drama as a Form of Witnessing 35
10. The Professional Theatre and the Teaching of Drama in Ontario Universities 56
11. National Symposium on Arts Education: Opening Address, 1-2 July 2001 67
12. III. CRITICAL VOICES
13. The Poetics: A Play 89
14. Confessions of a Theatre Addict 100
15. Inside Out: Notes on Theatre in a Tenderized, Tranquillized, 'Mediatized' Society 106
16. Improvisation and Risk: A Dialogue with Linda Griffiths 114
17. IV. CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND THEATRE PRACTICES
18. Seven Things about Cahoots Theatre Projects 133
19. Negotiating Drama Practices: Struggles in Racialized Relations of Theatre Production and Theatre Research 144
20. Drama through the Eyes of Faith 162
21. As the World Turns: The Changing Role of Popular Drama in International Development Education 173
22. The Other Side of Alternative Theatre: An Interview with Sky Gilbert 182
23. V. THEATRE FOR AND WITH YOUNG AUDIENCES
24. Theatre for Young Audiences and Grown-up Theatre: Two Solitudes 191
25. Theatre for Young People: Does It Matter? 198
26. The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito: Lyrics to Tatty Cake9 207
27. The Land inside Coyote: Reconceptualizing Human Relationships to Place through Drama 211
28. VI. CREATIVE PROCESSES, AUDIENCE, AND FORM
29. The Significance of Theatre: A Commencement Address 231
30. Education through Empathy: Using Laughter as a Way In 239
31. Intellectual Passions, Feminist Commitments, and Divine Comedies: A Dialogue with Ann-Marie MacDonald 247
32. Contributors 269
33. References 275