- Theatre for Children: A Unique Art Form[rtoc]
- What an audience!
- Why do children need their own theatre?
- The quest for quality
- Pioneers and practitioners
- Raising our standards[/rtoc]
- The Nature of the Beasts: What Children En Masse Respond To
- The Dynamics of a Children’s Audience[rtoc]
- How Children Differ
- A Children’s Audience – Common Characteristics[/rtoc]
- Stories and Themes that Children Love: Ideas that Work on the Stage[rtoc]
- Fantasy within Reality
- Myths and Legends
- Old Wine in New Bottles
- Tales of the Anthropomorphic
- The Quest
- Toys and Inanimate Objects
- Real Life
- Contemporary Themes
- Fairy tales[/rtoc]
- Suddenlies and Other Ingredients of Good Theatre for Children[rtoc]
- Suddenlies
- Humour
- Characters
- Life of Death Situations
- Language
- Silence
- Audience Participation
- Scale
- Puppetry
- Magic within the Plot
- Colourful Look on Stage
- Lighting
- Sound
- Music
- Mime and Movement
- Climaxes and Cliffhangers
- Justice and Fairness
- Taboos[/rtoc]
- The Dynamics of a Children’s Audience[rtoc]
- Writing Original Plays
- The Craft of Writing an Original Play[rtoc]
- Writing a Synopsis
- Nine Steps towards a Synopsis
- Steps towards a Synopsis for The Gingerbread Man
- Synopsis for The Gingerbread Man
- Subsequent Changes to the Synopsis
- Steps towards a Synopsis for The See-Saw Tree
- Synopsis for The See-Saw Tree
- Subsequent changes to the synopsis
- The Writing of the Play[/rtoc]
- The Craft of Writing an Original Play[rtoc]
- Adaptation
- From Page to Stage: Adapting a Children’s Book[rtoc]
- Writing a Synopsis
- Four steps towards a Synopsis
- Steps towards a Synopsis for The BFG
- Synopsis for The BFG
- Subsequent Changes to the Synopsis[/rtoc]
- From Page to Stage: Adapting a Children’s Book[rtoc]
- Directing and the Production Team
- The Challenge
- Section 1: Pre-Production[rtoc]
- Sets and Costumes – Designer
- Choreographer / Movement Person
- Composer / Musical Supervisor
- Sound Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Production Manager / Stage Management
- Casting
- Director’s Homework[/rtoc]
- Section 2: Rehearsals[rtoc]
- Blocking and Focus
- Pace
- Respect for the Play and the Audience
- The Script: Interpretation and Clarity
- Sincerity
- Characterisation
- Directing Suddenlies
- DIrecting Climaxes
- Postive Negative
- Humour
- Audience Participation
- The Technical Rehearsal
- The Dress Rehearsal[/rtoc]
- Section 3: The Opening Performance and Beyond[rtoc]
- Different Types of Audience
- After the Opening Performance
- Interpreting Audience Reaction[/rtoc]
- Section 1: Pre-Production[rtoc]
- The Challenge
- Acting in Children’s Theatre
- Twice as Difficult, Twice as Rewarding[rtoc]
- Skills
- Attitude
- Cynicism
- Actors’ Pitfalls
- Characterisation
- Audience Participation
- The First Performance[/rtoc]
- Twice as Difficult, Twice as Rewarding[rtoc]
- The Business Side
- The Market[rtoc]
- Sources of information
- Professional Children’s Theatre Companies
- Amateur Theatre Companies
- Acquiring the Rights to Adapt a Book in Copyright
- Getting the Play Published[/rtoc]
- The Market[rtoc]
- Afterword
Topics covered by this book
- The See-Saw Tree (drama) • Stages of writing a synopsis for this play
- The Gingerbread Man (drama) • Stages of writing a synopsis for this play
- The BFG: The Plays (book) • Stages of writing a synopsis for this play
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