Abstract
If there is commitment and determination to succeed, an exemplary theatre arts program is possible in any high school regardless of size, financial resources, or socio-economic backgrounds of the students, because the components of a theatre arts program are already in existence in every school. The six components are student actors, crew members, student audience, faculty director, school faculty and administration, and parents and community members. The observation of Jacques in Shakespeare's As You Like It that "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players . . . '' clearly applies to the lives of most teenagers as they deal with burgeoning values and emerging self-concepts that require an arena in which to test fledgling independence.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
19
Issue
2
First Page
12
Last Page
16
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Nebergall, Judy D.
(1987)
"All the World's a Stage: High School Theatre as Preparation for Life,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 19:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol19/iss2/5
Copyright
©1987 Iowa Communication Association
