Playing the Other

York St. John Univ., UK. Explores and critiques 'playback theatre,' and discusses its relationship to the psychodrama tradition from which it evolved. Explores the nature, implications, and ethics of the performers' response to the experience. For alternative medicine practitioners. Softcover.

Nick Rowe is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, York St. John University.

Setting the scene	p. 11
Openness and ethics	p. 31
Personal stories in public places	p. 43
Narratives and memory work	p. 61
A very different kind of dialogue : the symbolic in playback theatre	p. 79
On 'the narrow ridge' : the performers' response to the story	p. 99
The exploration of occasion : improvisation and playback theatre	p. 119
The ensemble	p. 135
The ethical limitations of playback performing	p. 143
Reflexivity and the personal story : playback theatre as social intervention	p. 159
Concluding thoughts	p. 173
Playback theatre : a short story	p. 185
'Short forms' used in playback theatre	p. 193
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