1st Edition
The Uses of Drama Acting as a Social and Educational Force
Section One: The State of Affairs
1. Drama as a social and educational force – an introduction
John Hodgson
2. Best and worst of professions
Jean-Louis Barrault
Section Two: Some Basic Attitudes
3. Human needs and the drama
E.K. Chambers
4. Drama and childhood play
Margaret Lowenfield
5. The purpose and nature of drama
Aristotle
Section Three: Elements of Drama
6. Movement, dance and dramatic expression
Rudolf Laban
7. Sound, rhythm and vocal expression
John Cage
8. Speech, voice and sound
Gwynneth L. Thurburn
9. Emotional involvement in acting
Constantin Stanislavski
10. Mental objectivity in acting
Bertolt Brecht
Section Four: Links with the Sub-Conscious
11. Drama in dreams
J.A. Hadfield
12. Drama as therapy
J.L. Moreno
Section Five: Search for Drama in Education
13. Drama as playmaking
Caldwell Cook
14. Drama as challenge
Dorothy Heathcote
15. Drama as study
Glynne Wickham
Section Six: Search for a New Drama in the Theatre
16. Drama and happenings
Charles Marowitz
17. Search for a new drama
Albert Hunt and Michael Kustow
18. Drama as synthesis
John Hodgson and Ernest Richards
19. How far ahead
John Hodgson
Biography
John Hodgson
Review of the first publication:
‘John Hodgson’s The Uses of Drama…is a splendid guide book to an understanding of the discipline. He has bound together, with his own concise and lucid commentary, extracts from a variety of important thinkers and writers about drama so as to demonstrate its significance.’
— Times Educational Supplement
