Survey results indicate that, although most teachers are not prepared to teach creative drama, they feel supported in their efforts by principals, parents, and supervisors. Though favorable to the benefits of drama, less than half felt that it was basic in the curriculum. (PD)

Describes the Stockholm Municipal Youth and Children's theatre ("Var Teatre"), an institution of 14 theatres and attendant professional staff devoted exclusively to drama activities for children and teenagers. (PD)

Pretend play is often undervalued and ignored. This videotape and accompanying booklet highlight how the dramatic scenarios, microworlds, storytelling, and block building of pretend play provide young children the opportunity to develop skills for a lifetime of intellectual, social, emotional, and creative development. The booklet describes the…

Presents a brief history of puppetry, discusses two approaches to the preparation of a puppet play, and provides instructions for building puppet characters. (RB)

Considered the get together of the Fourth International Student Festival of the Open Theatre, which provided a good opportunity of seeing how student theatre has been developing and the relevance of these developments to the theatre in general. (Author/RK)

A brief discussion of the types of films and lights to use in making publicity or other photographs of "moments" of theatrical productions. (CH)

Suggested activities to sharpen a child's observation, listening, and other sensory skills and increase body awareness and control'' (Author)

Techniques of professional directors can be used in rehearsals to insure a successful school production. (AP)

References to standard theater journals are not included. (RD)

Description of the techniques used to create relaxed environment in a high school acting class. (SP)

Paper presented at 1969 convention of American Educational Theatre Association (Detroit). (RD)

Observations based on psychodrama with deaf people, relating to interaction between people and the communication process, are made. How role training skills, which involve some of the skills of psychodrama, can be applied by professionals in vocational and social learning situations is illustrated. (KW)

A play for elementary school students that can be tied in to an earth-science unit is reproduced in its entirity. (DB)

Examines the relevancy of theories of dramatic criticism to the preparation of drama students; based on a paper presented at national convention of American Educational Theatre Association (Detroit, August 1969). (SW)