Readers Theatre in Performance: The Analysis and Compilation of Period Literature for a Modern Renaissance Faire (open access)

Readers Theatre in Performance: The Analysis and Compilation of Period Literature for a Modern Renaissance Faire

The thrust of this study was twofold: to research and compile a script of English Medieval and Renaissance literature and to direct a group performance of the script in the oral interpretation mode at Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie, Texas. The study sought to show that a Readers Theatre script compiled of literature from the oral tradition of England was a suitable art form for a twentieth-century audience and that Readers Theatre benefited participants in the Scarborough Faire workshop program. This study concluded that the performed script appealed to a modern audience and that workshop training was enhanced by Readers Theatre in rehearsal and performance.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Reed, Delanna Kay
System: The UNT Digital Library