Title Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives / Joyce M. Thierer

Published Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 231 p.) Series American Association for State and Local History book series American Association for State and Local History book series. 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 Summary Dramatic impersonations accompanied by informed discussions are becoming increasingly popular methods of educating visitors to museums and historical sites. This is the first book to provide step-by-step instructions for how to conceive, plan, publicize, present, and pay for such historical presentations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Historical reenactments -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Historical reenactments -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Historical drama, American -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Historical drama -- Handbooks, manuals, etc First person narrative -- Handbooks, manuals, etc One-person shows (Performing arts) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Performing arts -- Handbooks, manuals, etc History -- Methodology -- Miscellanea PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. First person narrative Historical drama Historical drama, American Historical reenactments History -- Methodology Methodology One-person shows (Performing arts) Performing arts SUBJECT United States -- History -- Methodology -- Miscellanea United States -- History, Local -- Miscellanea Subject United States Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals History Local history Trivia and miscellanea Form Electronic book LC no. 2021697222 ISBN 9780759113084 0759113084 9786612497995 6612497998 1282497995 9781282497993

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