Children's Theatre of Evanston records, 1925-1976 [manuscript].

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Children's Theatre of Evanston records, 1925-1976 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457240959

The Children's Theatre of Evanston records, 50 linear feet, contain materials documenting the Children's Theatre of Evanston's youth theatre productions and its involvement with Evanston's intermediate and elementary school creative dramatics programs, from 1925-1976. The majority of the records consist of production materials, an extensive playscripts library and numerous scrapbooks noting the major accomplishments of the youth theatre company.

50 linear ft. (53 boxes)

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Creative drama was introduced into the Evanston/Skokie, Illinois school system in the late 1920s through the efforts of Winifred Ward, a Northwestern University children's theatre and creative drama professor. For thirty years, theatre specialists trained by Ward and her successors taught drama district-wide to Evanston students in grades four through eight. During this time there were also other special drama education projects that were created for primary and elementa...