Telling history
Subtitle: a manual for performers and presenters of first-person narratives
By: Joyce M. Thierer.
Series: American Association for State and Local History book series
Publisher: AltaMira
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780759113060; 9780759113077; 9780759113084
Subjects: 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; United States -- History -- Methodology -- Miscellanea; United States -- History, Local -- Miscellanea; History -- Methodology -- Miscellanea
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc; Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, or, "Read before dissembling and the story of this book"; title: The significance of historical performance; title: How to choose a historic figure to portray; title: Researching for a first-person narrative; title: Creating your script; title: Telling history; title: The business of doing freelance historical performance; title: Enhancing museums and historic sites with historical performance; title: Dreams and plans; title: Appendix A: How to create a first-person narrative; title: Appendix B: Structuring the first-person narrative script; title: Appendix C: Setting and clothing; title: Appendix D: Sample contract; title: Appendix E: Sample invoice; title: Appendix F: Youth registration forms; title: Appendix G: Local arrangements for workshops; title: Appendix H: Ride into history's historical performance definitions.