Telling history : a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
AltaMira Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Table of 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.