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From Issue #6, Fall 2004
Reviews
and Comments
BOOKS
"Readers
On Stage"
Aaron
Shepard does it again!
Aaron
Shepard's latest publication comes hard on the heels of his Folktales
On Stage, reviewed here
last spring. In Shepard's familiar lighthearted style, Readers On
Stage distills the world of RT into a highly readable manual for
educators and instructors at all levels of the K12 spectrum. Community
theatre folks who take the time to peruse the pages of Readers on
Stage will gain a greater understanding and appreciation of RT as
Theatre.
A
scan of the "Contents-Short" offers a quick glimps of what's
in store in the 106 pages to come. The Introduction includes a no-answer
answer to the question "How do you spell it?", then Part
1 sets the stage with a selection of three performance-ready RT
scripts. Part 2 offers tips on scripting, staging and reading.
Part 3 contains all you need to know to present a RT workshop
with four sections titled Sample Materials List, Sample Outlines, Notes
and Handouts, and Scripting Worksheets. Part 4 lists Books and
Articles, Suppliers, Training, and Online Resources (which we especially
like because Readers Theatre Digest is listed there!)
In
the event that you have just returned from a ten-year retreat at a Himalayan
hermitage and have never heard of Mr. Shepard, much less his RT web
site, go to www.aaronshep.com/rt
and get acquainted. You'll also learn how you can own Readers on
Stage!
WEB SITES
In future issues we will be including occasional reviews of exceptional
web sites with a strong RT component. If you have discovered such a
web site, please tell us about it in an e-mail to editor@readerstheatredigest.com.
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