Shows the work of Dorothy Heathcote, lecturer in drama, and a group of her students with the mentally handicapped children and adults at Earls House Hospital. Dorothy Heathcote discusses and demonstrates her methods and the patients participate in a variety of developmental acting and thinking activities.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009599
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teachers - Training of
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Methodology
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mentally handicapped
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)