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\nForsooth! Here’s a collection that has everything you ever wanted to know about the theater and drama—everyone from Aristotle to Chikamatsu, from Moliere to Shakespeare to Williams. From Banraku to Zaju, every type from comedy to...\n
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\nThe Glass Menagerie and Expressionist Theater\n

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\nWho says a play must be realistic? Certainly not Tennessee Williams, who chose to use expressionistic techniques to tell his tale of Tom, Amanda, and Laura Wingfield. A three-lesson unit module has readers examine how Williams uses these...\n
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\nA Reader's Theater Script for Clever Jack Takes the Cake\n

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\nBreathe life into a reading of the children's story Clever Jack Takes the Cake with this Reader's Theater script. Offering speaking roles for nine students plus a sound effects chorus, this is a great activity that engages the whole...\n
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\nThe Birth of Off Broadway: Crash Course Theater #47\n

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\nMany Broadway shows, including Hamilton, got their start off the infamous street. Video 47 from the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist focuses on the creation of Off-Broadway theater. Discussion centers around specific theaters and...\n
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\nWhat's involved in making sure the show does go on? Go behind the curtain with Gina Vernaci, the senior vice president of theatre operations for the second largest theatre district in the United States. Vernaci details all the roles she...\n
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\nFluency: Connected Text, Readers' Theater\n

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\nReaders' theater is a fun way to get kids reading with expression and improve their fluency! There is a full script here for The Three Bears with five characters to assign.\n
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\nEveryone has a role to play. Young scholars step into history by taking on the roles of soldiers—both male and female—during the Civil War using a fictionalized play of what life was like on the battlefield. Pupils also examine the roles...\n
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\nDo figures of speech enhance a play or story? In small groups, learners locate and describe figures of speech they find while reading a reader's theater play. After making predictions, they describe how the figures of speech make the...\n
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\nOrpheus- A Greek Myth: Reader's Theatre Script\n

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\nIs this any way to treat a Greek Myth? By all means, turn the tale of Orpheus into a reader's theatre exercise.\n
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\nRules, Rule-Breaking, and French Neoclassicism: Crash Course Theater #20\n

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\nSchool children are not the only ones who have rules to follow! During the neoclassical period, the French established five main rules for plays. A video on theater history outlines those guidelines, as well as other elements of theater...\n
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\nZola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theater #31\n

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\nUsing an informative video about French theater and drama, scholars learn about the idea of realism in the theater before taking a look at naturalism. Viewers hear about writing styles from Victor Hugo in his works Cromwell and Hernani,...\n
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\nJust Say Noh. But Also Say Kyogen: Crash Course Theater #11\n

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\nWigs, masks, demons, and Buddhism—what's not to love? All of these elements play a role in Japanese theater during the Middle Ages, a topic the informational video covers in depth. An engaging host shares an exhaustive overview of the...\n
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\nRoman Theater with Plautus, Terence, and Seneca: Crash Course Theater #6\n

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\nThank you, Greek and Roman theater, for providing the dramatic arts with a host of stock characters. A video about Roman theater, the sixth in the Crash Course Theater series, begins by introducing the character types found on stage in...\n
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\nA Reader's Theater Script for Oh, No!\n

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\nIf you are reading Judy Freeman's Oh No! or your class loves animals, use a reader's theater exercise to bring the story to life. After assigning 12 parts to your young actors, have them act out the story with a script that will be...\n
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\nThe Spanish Golden Age: Crash Course Theater #19\n

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\nHeads up! In the Golden Age, women threw cucumbers at other audience members. This detail is just one of many fun facts a video about Spanish theater during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries covers. Other information the resource...\n
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\nSymbolism, Realism, and a Nordic Playwright Grudge Match: Crash Course Theater #33\n

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\nTwo European playwrights of the nineteenth century shared a love of theater—but also happened to be enemies. Viewers learn of the differences between Henrik Isben of Norway and August Strindberg of Sweden and how their rivalry changed...\n
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\nComedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines: Crash Course Theater #16\n

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\nAs a writer, Shakespeare took the genre of comedy to a new level. An informational video outlines the characteristics of Shakespeare's comedies and romances and explains how the plays differed from others during the period. Additionally,...\n
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\nBroadway, Seriously: Crash Course Theater #46\n

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\nNot all Broadway shows feature exciting kick lines and jaw-dropping ballads. The 46th video from the Crash Course Drama and Theater Playlist talks about the serious side of Broadway. Part of the video covers the work of Tennessee...\n
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\nEncourage class members to add expression and put themselves back in time during the Civil War with a reader's theater activity. The scripts include dialogue on what it was like for the Union and Confederate sides during this time.\n
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\nRaise the curtain to a class play that depicts the Civil War through both factual information and literary devices. The performance showcases the Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) and brings attention to women's roles,...\n
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\nFederal Theatre and Group Theatre: Crash Course Theater #42\n

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\nAntonin Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty: Crash Course Theater #43\n

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