In The Pigman , author Paul Zindel follows many expected tropes in young adult literature: coming of age, wild exploration, passion, etc. Ho...

When Aristotle wrote his treatise on the art of persuasion 2400 years ago, he identified its three main elements: audience (pathos), purpose...

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Hemingway once wrote, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn . There was nothing before. ...

I had called it “Kitsap Little Theater.” Our first production was a one-act play called The Day After Forever , and as the 17-year-old direc...

An old tale from India tells of six blind men who viewed an elephant. One of the blind men concludes that the elephant is like a wall. Anoth...

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Many of the limitations William Shakespeare faced in the technical facilities of the Elizabethan stage are answered in the nature and abili...

The bulk of Leone Cottrell-Adkins' opera troupe had been performing together for years, but opera was a new experience for the fledgling...