Prison Theatre
Subtitle: Perspectives and Practices (Forensic Focus, 4)
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: June 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781853024177
Subjects: Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama); Crime & criminology; Criminal or forensic psychology; Theatre, drama; Sociology; Prison Life; Theater; Performing Arts; Psychology; General; Penology; Theater - General; Prison theater
First sentence: When it was time to cast for my play, I was faced with a choice: I could have gone out and recruited either from the prison's brightest or from its less literate mainstream.
Description: 'Prison Theatre' describes the rich variety of programmes of theatre with offenders. This multi-disciplinary volume informs debates both in the criminal justice system and in discussion about the role and function of theatre.