Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives

Title
  1. Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives / Joyce M. Thierer.
Published by
  1. Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010.
Author
  1. Thierer, Joyce M., 1949-

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Description
  1. xvi, 231 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. American Association for State and Local History book series
Uniform title
  1. American Association for State and Local History book series.
Subject
  1. First person narrative > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  2. United States > History, Local > Miscellanea
  3. One-person shows (Performing arts) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  4. History > Methodology > Miscellanea
  5. Historical reenactments > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  6. United States > History > Methodology > Miscellanea
  7. Historical reenactments > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  8. Historical drama, American > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  9. Historical drama > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  10. Performing arts > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Contents
  1. 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
  1. IXZ 09-8850
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Thierer, Joyce M., 1949-
Title
  1. Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives / Joyce M. Thierer.
Imprint
  1. Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010.
Series
  1. American Association for State and Local History book series
  2. American Association for State and Local History book series.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2009023943
ISBN
  1. 9780759113060 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0759113068 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9780759113077 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 0759113076 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. IXZ 09-8850
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