How To Put On A Community Play

by Sarah Burton

Overview

An essential sourcebook for putting on a community play. Appeals to local community groups, youth theaters, students, and amateur players wanting to stage a play, and enables members of the public with no prior knowledge to learn how to put on a community theater show.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906582159
Publisher:	Aurora Metro Books
Publication date:	10/18/2011
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

SARAH BURTON is an academic who lectures in Theatre Studies. She has written and produced 5 community plays, one of which became the longest-running community play in Britain. She is an established author and has written two critically acclaimed books for Viking Penguin, A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar

Table of Contents

1. GETTING STARTED

2 GETTING FUNDED

3. CORE TEAM, VENUE AND DATES

4. WRITING THE SCRIPT

5. CASTING AND REHEARSING

6. THE PRODUCTION

7. ADMINISTRATION

8. PUBLICITY

USEFUL CONTACTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editorial Reviews

This is a wonderful subject, cleverly presented.

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