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Public Speaking as Performance
Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom
Written by Mechele Leon
Publisher University of Kansas Libraries
Published 2023
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Pages 147
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Public Speaking as Performance: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom is an innovative public speaking textbook written by theatre educators. It combines the essential elements of speechwriting with the tried and true skills that actors learn to communicate a story to an audience. In chapters such as “Actor Tools for Public Speakers” and “From Page to Stage,” the textbook provides students with a creative and accessible approach to delivering speeches. Drawing on the tradition of teaching public speaking in theatre and drama departments—a practice that is still maintained in some institutions—this textbook emphasizes the performative nature of communication. Educators teaching public speaking in theatre and performance departments will find this a textbook particularly suited to the interests of their students.
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Dr. Leon has been a professor at the University of Kansas since 2002. She teaches theatre history, dramatic theory, acting, and directing to college and graduate students. Her research focuses on French theatre history and Jewish heritage tourism. Dr. Leon has translated and directed several of Molière’s plays and authored several books and many articles on theatre history. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University and a D.E.A. from the University of Paris, and previously served as Chairperson of the Department of Theatre and Artistic Director of the University Theatre at KU.
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