* Barnet, Sylvan, Types of Drama: Plays and Essays [THR 3733]
* Brockett, O.G., History of Theatre, 8th edition [THR 3733; THR 3735]
* Corson, Richard, Stage Makeup, 8th ed. [THR 2225]
* Gillette, J. Michael, Theatrical Design and Production [THR 2216]
* Jacobus, Lee, The Bedford Introduction to Drama [THR 3733]

Required Texts by Discipline. Majors in each degree track are expected to have read the basic books (*) and required books (√) for courses in their track. Other important books are listed in each discipline. It is recommended that theatre majors read those appropriate for their discipline.

General

Brook, Peter, The Empty Space
√ Cunningham, Rebecca, The Magic Garment
Jones, Robert Edmond, Dramatic Imagination

Dramatic Theory And Playwriting

Cole, Toby, Playwrights on Playwriting
Kerr, Walter, Tragedy and Comedy
√ McLaughlin, Buzz, Playwright’s Process [THR 3720]

PIay Production And Direction

√ Catron, L.E., The Director's Vision [THR 3630]
Cole, Toby and Helen Krich Chinoy, eds., Directors on Directing
Dean, A. and Carra, L., Fundamentals of Play Directing
√ Rosenberg,Theatre for Young People: A Sense of Occasion [THR 3656]
Spolin, Viola, lmprovisation for the Theatre A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques

Theory And Technique of Acting

√ Barton, Acting Onstage and Off [THR 2620]
√ _____, Style for Actors. [THR 4320]
Cole, Toby, and Helen Krich Chinoy, eds., Actors on Acting (rev. ed.)
Duerr, Edwin, The Length and Depth of Acting
√ MacGaw, Charles, Acting is Believing [THR 2303]
Shurtleff, Michael, Audition : Everything an Actor Needs to get the Part
Stanislavski, Constantine, An Actor Prepares
_____, Building a Character
_____, Creating a Role.

Oral Interpretation, Readers Theatre, Chamber Theatre

Coger, Leslie, and Melvin White., Readers Theatre Handbook
√ Long, Beverly, Performance of Literature, 2nd edition [THR 3610]

General Design

Appia, Adolphe, The Work of Living Art
Edwards, Betty, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Russell, Douglas A., Period Style for the Theatre
Sweet, Harvey, Graphics for the Performing Arts

Technical Production

√ Arnold, Richard, Scene Technology , 3rd ed. [THR 2230]
Roaul, Bill, Stock Scenery Construction Handbook
Rossol, Monona, Stage Fright: Health and Safety in the Theatre

Scenic Design

Mielziner, Jo, Designing for the Theatre
Payne, Darwin, The Scenographic Imagination
√ Pecktel, Lynn, Designing and Drawing for the Theatre
_____, Scenery Design and Painting
_____, The Theory and Craft of the Scenographic Model

Lighting

√ Parker and Wolfe, Scene Design and Stage Lighting [THR 2240]
√ Palmer, Richard H., The Lighting Art: Aesthetics of Stage Lighting Design [THR 4240]
Rosenthal, Jean, and Lael Wertenbaker, The Magic of Light
Warfel, William, The New Handbook of Stage Lighting Graphics
Watson, Lee, Lighting Design Handbook

Sound

Bracewell, John L., Sound Design For The Theatre
Finelli, Patrick M., Sound For The Stage: A Technical Handbook

Costume

Barton, Lucy, Historic Costume for the Stage
Boucher, Francois, 20,000 Years of Fashion
√ Cunningham, Rebecca, The Magic Garment [THR 4220]
√ Ingham, Rosemary and Covey, Elizabeth, The Costume Technicians Handbook [THR 2220]

Makeup

Corson, Richard, Fashions in Hair

Organization and Management

√ Byrnes,William J., Management in the Arts [THR 2445]
√ Kelly, Thomas, The Backstage Guide to Stage Management
Farber, Donald C. , Actors' Guide: What You Should Know About the Contracts You Sign
Langley, Stephen, Theatre Management in America

History, Criticism, Theory

Aristotle, Poetics
Dukore, Bernard F., Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to Grotowski
Nagler, A.M., A Source Book in Theatrical History

Other Recommended Books: History, Criticism, Theory

Artaud, Antonin, The Theatre and Its Double
Bieber, Marguerite, The History of the Greek and Roman Theatre
Brustein, Robert, The Theatre of Revolt
Chambers, E.K., The Medieval Stage
Craig, Edward Gordon, On the Art of Theatre
Duchartre, Pierre, The Italian Comedy
Esslin, Martin, The Theatre of the Absurd
Gassner John, Masters of the Drama.
O’Dell , George C, Shakespeare from Betterton to lrving
Gorelik, Mordecai, New Theatres for Old
Grotowski, Jerzy, Towards a Poor Theatre
Grube, Max, The Story of the Meiningen
Gurr, Andrew., The Shakespearean Stage, 1574,1642
Hewitt, Barnard ed. , The Renaissance Stage
Kitto, H.D.F., Greek Tragedy
Leacroft, Richard & Helen, Theatre and Playhouse
Miller, Anna lrene, The lndependent Theatre in Europe
Nicoll, Allardyce, Masks, Mimes, and Miracles -Stuart Masques and the Renaissance Stage
Sothern, Richard, Changeable Scenery
Summers, Montague, The Restoration Theatre
Wickham, Glynne, Early English Stages, 1300,1600

Required Plays
(based on required plays for Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism II, with additions)

* Aeschylus, Agamemnon
* Aristophanes, Lysistrata
Beckett , Waiting for Godot
Blessing, A Walk in the Woods
Brecht, The Three Penny Opera,
* Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
Congreve, The Way of the World
Corneille, The Cid
Durrenmatt, The Visit
Fugard, Master Harold and the Boys
Goldoni, The Servant of Two Masters
Gorky, The Lower Depths
Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
* Ibsen, A Doll House
Ionesco, The BaId Soprano
Jonson, Volpone
Kaufmann and Hart, You Can’t Take It With You