The analysis of theatre plays for children staged by the state theatre and private theatres in 2008-2009 theatre season in Bursa

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Ölmez, Hüsniye Nihan

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The aim of this study is to investigate theatre plays for children staged by the State Theatres and private theatre companies in one specific theatre season in Bursa in terms of their essential language, physical, educational, entertainment and social characteristics. More specifically, the present study examines appropriateness of theatre plays for children in term of these essential characteristics stated by the experts and also opinions of audiences, parents, teachers, and professionals gained by interviews. Twelve preschool children between the ages of 5 and 6, ten parents who had 5 or 6-year-old children, and two preschool drama teachers were asked about their opinions after attending one or more of the theatre plays which were chosen for the study. The theatre plays which were chosen for the study were also scored according to the five different essential characteristics by two coders by using the “theatre for young audiences evaluation rubric” which was developed by the researcher based on the literature. The study presented the composition of the information gained from the interviews and the characteristics scores of each theatre play. The results revealed that As an outcome, this study documented general information about the existing, required and desired characteristics of theatre plays for children; specific information about the current status of theatre plays for children in Bursa; and also implications and suggestions for parents, educators, playwrights, theatre directors and further studies.

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Early childhood education., Theatre and education.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611061/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18921

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H. N. Ölmez, “The analysis of theatre plays for children staged by the state theatre and private theatres in 2008-2009 theatre season in Bursa,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.