This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relative effects of two creative drama approaches on the dramatic behavior and mental imagery ability of elementary school students; (2) the history of the American Educational Theatre Association; (3) the woman director in the contemporary, professional theatre; (4) the theatrical origins of psychodrama; (5) drama, celebration, and aging; (6) Zen and the art of oral interpretation; (7) playwrights in production; (8) a Lessac system model for the teaching and study of standard British, Cockney, and Irish stage dialects; (9) the effects of preperformance materials on the child's ability to respond to a theatrical performance; (10) the relationship between the white critic and the black theatre from 1959 to 1969; (11) the bodily action research of Ray L. Birdwhistell and Paul Ekman; (12) guided design as applied to a theatre history course; (13) the Paper Bag Players, a theatre for children; and (14) the living theatre in the United States. (MM)