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Politicization Of La Culture Ma‘Ohi: The Creation Of A Tahitian Cultural Identity, Karen Stevenson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Heteroglossia In Samoan Oratory, Alessandro Duranti

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Monster (A Fantasy): A One-Act Play, With An Interview With The Playwright, Vilsoni Hereniko

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Comic Theater In Samoa As Indigenous Media, Caroline Sinavaiana

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Elizabeth Tatar's Review Of Richard Moyle's Traditional Samoan Music, Elizabeth Tatar

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Larry V. Shumway's Review Of Richard Moyle's Tongan Music, Larry V. Shumway

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Adrienne L. Kaeppler's Review Of Katharine Luomala's Hula Ki‘I: Hawaiian Puppetry, Adrienne L. Kaeppler

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - P Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 134 topics beginning with P ranging from P.O.W. to Purpose.

Rubellite Kawena Johnson's Review Of Elizabeth Tatar's Nineteenth Century Hawaiian Chant, Rubellite Kawena Johnson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Season Of Hope Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1983 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-193

• A Season of Hope Wright, Sharon. Multi-faceted Beauty
• Sandman, Ellen. Music of the Highlands – Skip Cleavinger, Bagpipes
• Cornett, Susanna. Fashion Forum
• Cornett, Susanna. Tradition & Trends Are Seen in Faculty Dress
• Grace, Lee. An Attitude of Awareness – Alcohol
• Sawyer, Janet. Double Dilemma – Twins
• Sandman, Ellen. Chance to Charm – Miss Western, Miss Black Western
• Thomas, Laura. Aerobicise
• Campbell, Marsha. Topper Trivia (1)
• Burchett, Lorri. Added Dimension – Concerts, Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Fine Arts – Entertainment
• Lyly, Linda. Theater
• Lyly, Linda. Childish Direction – Children’s Theatre
• Sandman, Ellen. Classic Reunion – Homecoming
• Cornett, …

A Sourcebook For The Interpretation Of Traditional Dance By Outdoor Museums & Historic Sites, Jan Alm

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Folklife scholars often produce work which is valuable to outdoor museums and historic sites. Folklife scholars deal with functional, contextual, emic, and interdisciplinary studies--all approaches which produce valuable interpretive data for museums and sites. This thesis is an example of folklife work designed for use in the museum field.

Outdoor museums and historic sites are increasingly involved with the interpretation of social and emotional life. Because it is a social and emotional event, dance can be a valuable part of this interpretation.

Sites and museums developing programs of traditional dance interpretation may find it helpful to follow several steps: 1.) …

A Visual Concept For Robinson Jeffers' Adaptation Of Euripides' Medea, H. Kevin Lanham

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The theatrical elements of setting, costumes, and make-up for Robinson Jeffers' adaptation of Euripides' Medea were designed and constructed in an attempt to create an effective visual concept. Through careful script analysis and close communication with the director and production staff, the designer combined the visual elements. As a record of the concept development from generalities to rough sketches and from formal drawings and diagrams to the finished product, the designer uses the accounting to trace both the artistic creation and the physical construction of each set element and costume for Medea.

The Interpretive-Rhetorical Situation: A Framework For Post Performance Analysis Of Interpretation, John Korinek

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The interpretive-rhetorical situation was formulated by blending Lloyd Bitzer's concepts of the rhetorical situation with contemporary interpretation theory. interpretation is momentary, the foundation established as The concept of as a suasory speech act in the sense that it transactional, and intentional, established for theory formation. The key concept an application for the interpretive-rhetorical situation was that it formed a cohesive framework for guiding post performance aspects of interpretation, especially performance criticism and experimental research. An experimental study was conducted, testing the newly formed breakdown of the traditional interpretation elements of writer, reader, and audience into the constituents of exigency, audience …

The Theatrical Innovations Of Charles Laughton, Gary Joseph Jones

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In most journalistic studies the film career of Charles Laughton overshadows his theatrical activities to the extent that the reader is hardly aware of the importance of his theatrical innovations to the theater of our time. The more commercial side of Laughton’s career was publicized while his artistic efforts, as characterized by the innovations, were frequently forgotten. More people remember him as the man who played Captain Bligh in the movies than as the man who worked with Bertolt Brecht, created the First Drama Quartette and developed a new American art form, Readers’ Theatre.

The rationale of this study is …

Ua68/17/2 The Star-Spangled Girl!, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Star-Spangled Girl!

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1968-1969, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968-1969 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips, campus activities, tributes to Russell Miller and Van Meter Hall renovations.

• Liliom, 1968
• Wait Until Dark, 1968
• The Star Spangled Girl, 1969
• The Crucible, 1969
• J.B., 1969
• Apollo of Bellac, 1968
• No Exit
• Box and Cox
• The Lesson, 1969
• Surpressed Desires, 1969
• Before Breakfast, 1969
• The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Shaker Festival
• The Killing of Sister George
• The Fugitive Kind
• The Wizard of Oz

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1967-1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967-1968 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• A View from the Bridge, 1967
• Anastasia, 1968
• Tea and Sympathy, 1968
• Ghosts, 1968
• The Male Animal, 1968
• Becket, 1967
• The Fisherman
• The Romancers
• The Bald Soprano
• Carnival of Characters, 1968

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Hay Fever
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Shakertown Revisited
• Auburn Shaker Festival

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1966-1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966-1967 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• South Pacific, 1966
• The Taming of the Shrew, 1967
• Carmen, 1967
• Night Must Fall, 1967
• The Glass Menagerie, 1966
• Miss Julie
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1967

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisted
• Auburn Shaker Festival
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad!
• Summer and Smoke
• Tom Sawyer

Ua68/17/2 The Bat's Revenge, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Bat's Revenge.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1965-1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965-1966 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• West Side Story, 1965
• The Doctor in Spite of Himself, 1966
• The Bat's Revenge, 1966
• Life With Father, 1966
• Modern Duo: Estrangement, 1965
• This Property is Condemned
• La Dama Del Alba
• Die Kleinen Verwandten
• John Brown's Body
• Red Peppers

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• This Fair Land
• Shakertown Revisted
• Three Men on a Horse
• The Night of the Iguana

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1964-1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964-1965 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding meetings and activities.

• Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1964
• Antigone, 1964
• Phoenix Too Frequent, 1964
• Sancho Panza En Barataria, 1965
• The Misunderstanding, 1965
• Dance Concerto, 1965
• Bedtime Story, 1965
• Bye, Bye Birdie, 1965
• The Talented Failure, 1965
• The Letter, 1965
• The American Dream, 1965

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1964, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Love Among the Ruins
• Royal Gambit

Ua68/17/2 The Teahouse Of The August Moon, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Teahouse of the August Moon.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1963-1964, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1963-1964 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding meetings and activities.

• As Your Like It, 1963
• A Far Country, 1963
• The Teahouse of the August Moon, 1964
• God's Trombones, 1964
• The Clod, 1964
• La Farce de Cuvier, 1964
• The Second Shepherd's Play, 1964
• Package Show, 1964
• Entremes del Mauceba que Caso con Mujir Brava, 1964
• The Boor, 1964

Ua68/17/2 Don Juan In Hell, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program from WKU Western Players' production of Don Juan in Hell.

Ua68/17/2 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.