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Prison theatre : perspectives and practices /

Contributor(s): Series: Forensic focus ; 4.Publication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998.Description: 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1853024171
  • 9781853024177
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Contents:
Theatre, prisons and citizenship : a South American way / Paul Heritage -- Resistance and expression : working with women prisoners and drama / Jenny Hughes -- Treading on tales : telling all stories / Pauline Gladstone and Angus McLewin -- Holding on : dramatherapy with offenders / Sally Stamp -- The house of four rooms : theatre, violence and the cycle of change / Alun Mountford and Mark Farrall -- Twisting paradoxes / Chris Johnston -- Creating drama through advanced improvisation in prisons / Robert Clare -- 'Silent voices' : working with black male inmates - a perspective / Martin Glynn -- The prisoner's voice / Joe White -- Drama and the institution / Anne Peaker -- Shakespeare and Broadmoor : timelessness updated / Murray Cox -- Evaluating theatre in prisons and probation / Michael Balfour and Lindsey Poole -- Rebellion and theatre in Brazilian prisons : an historical footnote / Paul Heritage.
Summary: 'Prison Theatre' describes the rich variety of programmes of theatre with offenders. This multi-disciplinary volume informs debates both in the criminal justice system and in discussion about the role and function of theatre.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library Arts Therapy Arts Therapy RC 489 DRA PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0000392

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Theatre, prisons and citizenship : a South American way / Paul Heritage -- Resistance and expression : working with women prisoners and drama / Jenny Hughes -- Treading on tales : telling all stories / Pauline Gladstone and Angus McLewin -- Holding on : dramatherapy with offenders / Sally Stamp -- The house of four rooms : theatre, violence and the cycle of change / Alun Mountford and Mark Farrall -- Twisting paradoxes / Chris Johnston -- Creating drama through advanced improvisation in prisons / Robert Clare -- 'Silent voices' : working with black male inmates - a perspective / Martin Glynn -- The prisoner's voice / Joe White -- Drama and the institution / Anne Peaker -- Shakespeare and Broadmoor : timelessness updated / Murray Cox -- Evaluating theatre in prisons and probation / Michael Balfour and Lindsey Poole -- Rebellion and theatre in Brazilian prisons : an historical footnote / Paul Heritage.

'Prison Theatre' describes the rich variety of programmes of theatre with offenders. This multi-disciplinary volume informs debates both in the criminal justice system and in discussion about the role and function of theatre.

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