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ERIC Number: ED442163
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 10
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
"The Book of Miracles" by David S. Craig and Robert Morgan. Cue Sheet.
Pratt, Suzanne
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Book of Miracles," by David S. Craig and Robert Morgan. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) What Happens in "The Book of Miracles?" (introducing the story, the cast, and some important vocabulary); (2) Forming Mental Images (with information about how women were forbidden to appear on stage at many times in theatre history, and with activities encouraging students to form mental images of characters and settings of the play); (3) Listen for These Lines (discussing the willing suspension of disbelief and other theatre conventions, and presenting certain lines from the play for discussion); (4) Building the Magic: Audience Collaboration (offering some tips on the audience's role in live theatre); (5) "The Book of Miracles": Allegory and Symbols (explaining allegory and symbol, and looking at what they might mean in this play); (6) After the Performance Activities (with suggested activities for after the performance); and (7) From Childhood to Adulthood (offering a discussion of how, in various cultures, children know when they are grown up). Resources for further exploration are listed. (SR)
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/theater.html.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A