Story, Storytelling and Applied Theatre

Harvey, M. (2010). Staging the story. http://storytelling.research.southwales.ac.uk/media/files/documents/2010-03-01/Staging_the_Story_Final_version.pdf. Harvey's focus is on what happens to stories and storytellers when they move from less formal to more formal performance spaces, with useful points applicable to applied theatre.47

Kelin II, D. A. (2005). To feel as our ancestors did: Collecting and performing oral histories. Heinemann. A useful guide to using gathered oral histories as sources for drama and playbuilding.

Mellon, N. (1992). Storytelling & the art of imagination. Element Books. A how-to on storytelling practice that supports and extends the strategies offered in this chapter.

Sawyer, R. (1965). The way of the storyteller. Viking. A seminal storytelling text that remains a classic.

Sturm, B. (1999). The enchanted imagination: Storytelling's power to entrance listeners. School Library Media Research, 2. http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume21999/vol2sturm. Sturm examines what happens to people when they listen to stories, what he calls ‘the storytelling trance’. The article goes on to define what assists attentive listening in storytelling practice.

Weigler, W. (2011). Engaging the power of the theatrical event [Unpublished dissertation, University of Victoria, BC]. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443//handle/1828/3575. Weigler has created a research-based system using cards that illustrate effective theatrical approaches for community-based groups to use as prompts and vocabulary.

Harvey, M. (2010). Staging the story. http://storytelling.research.southwales.ac.uk/media/files/documents/2010-03-01/Staging_the_Story_Final_version.pdf. Harvey's focus is on what happens to stories and storytellers when they move from less formal to more formal performance spaces, with useful points applicable to applied theatre.47

Kelin II, D. A. (2005). To feel as our ancestors did: Collecting and performing oral histories. Heinemann. A useful guide to using gathered oral histories as sources for drama and playbuilding.

Mellon, N. (1992). Storytelling & the art of imagination. Element Books. A how-to on storytelling practice that supports and extends the strategies offered in this chapter.

Sawyer, R. (1965). The way of the storyteller. Viking. A seminal storytelling text that remains a classic.

Sturm, B. (1999). The enchanted imagination: Storytelling's power to entrance listeners. School Library Media Research, 2. http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume21999/vol2sturm. Sturm examines what happens to people when they listen to stories, what he calls ‘the storytelling trance’. The article goes on to define what assists attentive listening in storytelling practice.

Weigler, W. (2011). Engaging the power of the theatrical event [Unpublished dissertation, University of Victoria, BC]. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443//handle/1828/3575. Weigler has created a research-based system using cards that illustrate effective theatrical approaches for community-based groups to use as prompts and vocabulary.