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Interpreting the Drama | |
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Improvisation | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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About Improvisation | |
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Character-Centered and Situation-Centered Approaches | |
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Improvising Scenes | |
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Chapter 1 Review Focus on Scripts | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Pantomime and Mime | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Basic Pantomime Movements | |
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Principles of Pantomime | |
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Individual Pantomimes | |
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Group Pantomimes | |
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Mime | |
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Chapter 2 Review Focus on Choreography | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Voice and Diction | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Developing an Effective Voice | |
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Using Your Voice Effectively | |
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Improving Your Diction | |
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Voice and Diction in Acting | |
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Chapter 3 Review Focus on Radio | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Acting | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Shakespeare's Advice to Actors | |
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The Special Language of Acting | |
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Approaches to Acting | |
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Characterization | |
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Building Up Your Part | |
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Physical Acting | |
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Vocal Acting | |
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Getting Onstage | |
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Acting Techniques | |
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Communicating Onstage | |
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Accents and Dialects | |
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Rehearsing | |
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Adapting to the Arena and Thrust Stages | |
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Chapter 4 Review Focus on Evaluating Theater | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Theater Etiquette | |
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A Treasury of Scenes and Monologues | |
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Scenes for One Man and One Woman | |
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Romeo and Juliet | |
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The Importance of Being Earnest | |
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? | |
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The Rainmaker | |
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The Diary of Anne Frank | |
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Barefoot in the Park | |
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Harvey | |
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The Dining Room | |
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The Breakfast Special | |
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The Sound of a Voice | |
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Green Grow the Lilacs | |
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Scenes for Two Women | |
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Antigone | |
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The Glass Menagerie | |
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Wine in the Wilderness | |
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Butterflies Are Free | |
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Romeo and Juliet | |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs | |
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I Love You, I Love You Not | |
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Riders to the Sea | |
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Haiku | |
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On Golden Pond | |
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Scenes for Two Men | |
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You Can't Take It with You | |
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No Time for Sergeants | |
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Dial M for Murder | |
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The Importance of Being Earnest | |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs | |
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Fences | |
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How I Got That Story | |
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Man with Bags | |
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Othello | |
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Scenes for Mixed Groups | |
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The Diary of Anne Frank | |
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A Raisin in the Sun | |
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Letters to a Student Revolutionary | |
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The Dramatic Circle | |
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The Mask of Hiroshima | |
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The Dining Room | |
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Monologues for Women | |
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The Belle of Amherst | |
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A Raisin in the Sun | |
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The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | |
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I Remember Mama | |
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The Taming of the Shrew | |
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I Love You, I Love You Not | |
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Fences | |
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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | |
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Monologues for Men | |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | |
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Julius Caesar | |
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Wine in the Wilderness | |
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | |
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A Thousand Clowns | |
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Man of La Mancha | |
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The Piano Lesson | |
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A Few Good Men | |
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My Children! My Africa! | |
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Readers Theater | |
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Appreciating the Drama | |
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The Structure of Drama | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Tradition and Innovation in Drama | |
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Narrative Essentials | |
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Chapter 5 Review: Focus on Community Theater | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Varieties of Drama | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Tragedy | |
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Comedy | |
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Types of Comedy | |
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Other Types of Drama | |
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Styles of Drama | |
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Chapter 6 Review: Focus on Dramatic Texts | |
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Review Workshop | |
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History of Drama | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Origins of Western Drama | |
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The Renaissance and Drama | |
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Later Drama in England | |
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Later Drama Elsewhere in Europe | |
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Drama in Asia | |
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Drama in the United States | |
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Chapter 7 Review: Focus on Theater and American Society | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Puppet Theater | |
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Producing the Drama | |
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Producing the Play | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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The Production Staff | |
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Prerehearsal Activities | |
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Rehearsals | |
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Chapter 8 Review: Focus on Collaboration | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Producing the Musical Play | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Types of Musical Theater | |
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Planning for the Musical Play | |
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Directing the Musical Play | |
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Staging the Musical Play | |
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Chapter 9 Review: Focus on Music | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Stage Settings | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Purposes of Scenery | |
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Scenic Design | |
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Procedures in Scenic Design | |
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Constructing the Set | |
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Stage Safety | |
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Scenery and the Performance | |
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Chapter 10 Review: Focus on Safety | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Lighting and Sound | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Stage Lighting Effects | |
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Lighting Equipment | |
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Basic Lighting Principles | |
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Special Lighting Effects | |
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Planning the Lighting | |
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Sound | |
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Sound Equipment | |
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Sound Effects | |
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Planning Sound | |
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Chapter 11 Review: Focus on Stage Technicians | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Costuming | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Effective Costuming | |
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Obtaining the Costumes | |
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Caring for Costumes | |
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Chapter 12 Review: Focus on Period Clothing | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Makeup | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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The Basics | |
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Straight Makeup: The Six Steps | |
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Special Makeup Problems | |
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Chapter 13 Review: Focus on Audience Behavior | |
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Review Workshop | |
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How to Judge a Play | |
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Adapting and Interpreting the Drama | |
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Theater and Other Media | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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From the Stage to the Big Screen | |
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From Movies to Television | |
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Dramatic Structure and the Screen | |
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Performing Before the Camera | |
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Assessing the Success of a Production | |
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Chapter 14 Review: Focus on Criticism | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Theater and Other Art Forms | |
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Setting the Scene | |
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Music | |
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Dance | |
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Fine Art | |
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Common Elements and Influences | |
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Synthesis of Art Forms in Theater | |
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Chapter 15 Review: Focus on the Arts | |
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Review Workshop | |
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Media and Culture | |
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Reference Section | |
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How to Produce a Play | |
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How to Write a Dramatic Script | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Photo Credits | |