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Today, acting is one of the most popular of our course offerings in theatre. Such was not always the case, however.
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Gillespie, P.P., Cameron, K.M. (2004). The Teaching of Acting in American Colleges and Universities, 1920–1960. In: Fliotsos, A.L., Medford, G.S. (eds) Teaching Theatre Today: Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100862_4
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