The Proscenium Cage:  Critical Case Studies in U.S. Prison Theatre Programs
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Table of Contents

Foreword

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1

“A Grand Theatre for the Trial of All New Plans in Hygiene and Education”

3

Rehabilitation Through the Arts and Shakespeare Behind Bars

6

Identifying and Defining the Research Problem

13

Research Strategies and Methodology

18

Chapter One: On Stage In Stir: Theatre for the Forgotten

23

Program History

23

The Acting Workshops

36

The Rehearsal Process

43

Aesthetic Mode

49

Theatrical Communion Behind Bars

51

The Performer-Audience Dynamic

64

Operating Philosophy

67

The Repertory

71

Reception by Prison Officials

77

Impact on Participating Inmates

82

Summary

94

Chapter Two: Coup/Coop de Théâtre: The Cell Block Theatre

109

Program History

109

The Workshops in Prison

121