Date of Award
5-1970
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Theatre Arts
First Reader
Professor Dennis Holt
Abstract
Mr. Johnny Aiken of Denver University has called it "A form of oral interpretation in which all types of literature may be projected by means of characterized readings enhanced by theatrical effects." Among the myriad of definitions of theatre's estranged art known as Reader's Theatre, this one seems to sum up my philosophy of what it actually is. In this paper, I propose to take three steps in establishing what I believe is the true rhetoric of Reader's Theatre. Firstly, I want to enhance an agreeable definition which I have partially done thus far. Secondly, I want to discuss the long disputed question of what the interpreter's rightful role in Reader's Theatre should be. And finally, clarify the most recent philosophy of the position of locus in Reader's Theatre.
Recommended Citation
Roberts, Tom, "The Rhetoric of Reader's Theatre" (1970). Honors Theses. 744.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/honors_theses/744