Kinesics applied to interpreters theatre

A selected review of speech communication studies in the arts: A retrospective and prospective look

“…Agreement on the boundaries of Readers Theatre led to application of ideas from other areas and a subsequent greater flexibility about the form. Borrowed ideas came from perception theory (Kleinau and Kleinau, 1966), nonverbal communication (Coger and Pelham, 1975;Hirschfeld-Medalia, 1976), and theatre (Abel and Post, 1973;Reitz, 1966). Schneider's description of metaphoric staging (1976) and Reinstra's proposal for using historical documents (1972) are examples of the kind of experimenting going on.…”