The ''Theatre Journal'' is a quarterly

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covering the

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, with articles from the October and December issues centering on a predetermined theme. It is an official publication of The Association for Theatre in Higher Education and is published on their behalf by the

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History

The journal was established in 1949 as the ''Educational Theatre Journal'' and obtained its current name in 1979. The American Educational Theatre Association intended the journal to serve the field of educational theatre and drama in a manner similar to how the ''

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'' and ''

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'' served the fields of speech and modern languages respectively. The founding

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was Barnard Hewitt (

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). Other past editors include

Oscar Brockett Oscar Gross Brockett (March 18, 1923 – November 7, 2010) was president of the American Theatre Association. An American Theater historian, he was Dean of the College of Fine Art at the University of Texas in Austin . Background and education H ...

, James S. Moy, Sue-Ellen Case,

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, William B. Worthen, Janelle Reinelt,

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, David McDonald,

Susan Bennett Susan Alice Bennett (née Cameron, born July 31, 1949) is an American voice actress and a former backup singer for Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach. She is best known as the female American voice of Apple's Siri personal assistant, since the s ...

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, Harry Elam,

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, Ric Knowles, Joanne Tompkins, and Jennifer Parker-Starbuck.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

References

External links

* Theatre magazines Arts journals Quarterly journals Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals Publications established in 1949 English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies {{art-journal-stub