Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives
- Title
- Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives / Joyce M. Thierer.
- Published by
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 231 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Uniform title
- American Association for State and Local History book series.
- Subject
- First person narrative > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- United States > History, Local > Miscellanea
- One-person shows (Performing arts) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- History > Methodology > Miscellanea
- Historical reenactments > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- United States > History > Methodology > Miscellanea
- Historical reenactments > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Historical drama, American > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Historical drama > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Performing arts > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Contents
- Introduction, or, "Read before dissembling and the story of this book" -- The significance of historical performance -- How to choose a historic figure to portray -- Researching for a first-person narrative -- Creating your script -- Telling history -- The business of doing freelance historical performance -- Enhancing museums and historic sites with historical performance -- Dreams and plans -- Appendixes. How to create a first-person narrative -- Structuring the first-person narrative script -- Setting and clothing -- Sample contract -- Sample invoice -- Youth registration forms -- Local arrangements for workshops -- Ride into history's historical performance definitions.
- Call number
- IXZ 09-8850
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Thierer, Joyce M., 1949-
- Title
- Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives / Joyce M. Thierer.
- Imprint
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010.
- Series
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- American Association for State and Local History book series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- LCCN
- 2009023943
- ISBN
- 9780759113060 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0759113068 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780759113077 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0759113076 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- IXZ 09-8850