Keys to Understanding: Receiving and Sending Drama

by Paul C. & Anita J. Lehman HOLMES, (Author) Too often college students falsely believe that drama is a "tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." They can find no relationship between the plays that they are studying in class and their own lives. The purpose of this book is not only to bridge the gap but also to challenge and stimulate the student so that he will respond to drama. The search for identity is perhaps most urgent during the college years. It is during this period that students continually ask, "Who am I?" "What is this society and this world in which I live?" "Where do I belong in the scheme of things?" It is with this in mind that the authors h...Read more