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SUGGESTED READING
Plays
Aeschylus The Oresteia Trilogy
Albee A Delicate Balance
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Anonymous Everyman
Second Shepherd's Play
Quaeritis Trupe
Anouilh Antigone
The Lark
Becket
Anderson Elizabeth the Queen
Aristophanes Lysistrata
The Frogs
Barrie The Admiral Crichton
Beaumarchais The Barber of Seville
Beckett Waiting For Godot
Krapp's Last Tape
Endgame
Behan The Hostage
Bolt Man For All Seasons
Brecht Threepenny Opera
Galileo
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Mother Courage
Buchner Danton's Death
Capek R.U.R.
Chekhov All that you can
Christie The Mousetrap
Ten Little Indians
Churchill Cloud Nine
Top Girls
Congreve The Way of the World
Connelly Green Pastures
Corneille Le Cid
Coward Private Lives
Blithe Spirit
Day Life With Father
Dumas fils Camille
Durrenmatt The Visit
Eliot Murder in the Cathedral
Euripides The Trojan Women
Farquhar The Beaux Strategem
Ford "Tis a Pity She's a Whore
Fugard Master Harold and The Boys
Lesson from Aloes
Gay The Beggar's Opera
Genet The Maids
The Balcony
Gibson The Miracle Worker
Giraudoux Madwoman of Chaillot
Electra
Glaspell Trifles
Goethe Faust
Gogol The Inspector General
Goldman Lion in Winter
Goldoni The Fan
Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
Gorki The Lower Depths
Gray Butley
Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun
Hauptmann The Weavers
Hellman The Little Foxes
The Children's Hour
Henley Crimes of the Heart
Hugo Hernani
Ibsen Ghosts
Hedda Gabler
The Wild Duck
A Doll's House
Inge Picnic
Dark at the Top of the stairs
Ionesco The Chairs
Rhinoceros
The Bald Soprano
Jarry Ubu Roi
Jonson Volpone
Kalidasa Shakuntala
Kaufman You Can't Take It With You
The Man Who Came To Dinner
Kesey One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Kopit Indians
Wings
Lee Inherit The Wind
Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna
Lorca The House of Bernarda Alba
Blood Wedding
Machiavelli La Mandragola
MacLeish JB
Mamet Glengarry Glenn Ross
American Buffalo
Marlowe Doctor Faustus
Edward the Second
Mastrosimone Extremities
Maugham The Circle
Mayakovsky The Bedbug
McNally Master Class
Miller Death of a Salesman
The Crucible
Milton Paradise Lost
Moliere The Miser
Tartuffe
The Misanthrope
Molnar Lilliom
Norman Night Mother
Getting Out
O'Casey The Plough and the Stars
Juno and the Paycock
Odets Waiting for Lefty
Awake and Sing
O'Neill Mourning Becomes Electra
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Hairy Ape
Anna Christie
Osborn Look Back in Anger
Pinter The Birthday Party
The Caretaker
The Homecoming
Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author
Plautus The Menaechmi
Racine Phaedra
Andromache
Rodgers, Hammerstein
Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac
Roth See How They Run
Saroyan The Time of Your Life
Sartre No Exit
The Flies
Scribe Glass of Water
Shafer, P. Royal Hunt of the Sun
Amadeus
Equus
Shafer, A. Sleuth
Shakespeare All
Shaw Candida
Shephard True West
Buried Child
Sheridan School for Scandal
The Rivals
Schiller Maria Stuart
The Robbers
Simon Odd Couple
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Come Blow Your Horn
Sophocles Oedipus Rex
Antigone
Stoppard The Real Thing
Strindberg Miss Julie
Ghost Sonata
A Dream Play
Synge Riders to the Sea
The Playboy of the Western World
Terence The Brothers
Tolstoy The Power of Darkness
Turgenev A Month in the Country
Voltaire Candide
Webster The Duchess of Malfi
Wilde Importance of Being Earnest
Wilder Our Town
Skin of Our Teeth
Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
Wilson Hot L Baltimore
Fifth of July
Balm in Gilead
Wilson Fences
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Witkiewicz The Madman and the Nun
Wolf, Thomas Look Homeward Angel
Wolfe, George The Colored Museum

Reference

Adler Stella The Technique of Acting Actors
Ball WM A Sense of Direction Actors
Barkworth Peter About Acting Actors
Barton John Playing Shakespeare Actors
Barton Robert Style for Actors Actors
Bdeskevsky Richard Acting: The Just Six Lessons Actors
Benedetti Robert The Actor at Work Actors
Berry Cecily Voice and The Actor Actors
Berry The Actor and The Text Actors
Brestaff The Camera Smart Actor Actors
Buchman Herman Stage Makeup Actors
Chekhov Michael To The Actor Actors
Clifford Turner J. Voice and Speech for the Theatre Actors
Cohen Robert Acting Professionally Actors
Cohen Robert Acting Power Actors
Cole & Chinoy Actors on Acting Actors
Duerr Edwin The Length & Depth of Acting Actors
Grotowski Jerzy Towards a Poor Theatre Actors
Hagen Uta Respect for Acting Actors
Harrop & Epstein Acting With Style Actors
Johnstone Keith Improv Actors
Lessae Arthur The Use and Training of the Human Voice Actors
Lewis Robert Method or Madness Actors
Linklater Kristin Freeing the Natural Voice Actors
Marowitz Charles Method as Means Actors
McGaw Charles Acting is Believing Actors
Moore Sonia Training an Actor Actors
Musnert Longwell Sanford Meisner on Acting Actors
Rodenburg Patsy The Right to Speak Actors
Rodenburg Patsy The Need for Words Actors
Shurtleff Michael Audition Actors
Spolin Viola Improvisation for the Theatre Actors
Stanislavski An Actor Prepares Actors
Stanislavski My Life in Art Actors
Strasberg Lee A Dream of Passion Actors
Arnold Janet Patterns of Fashion vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 Costume Designers
Barton Lucy Historic Costume for the Stage Costume Designers
Boucher Francois 20,000 Years of Fashion Costume Designers
Brooke Iris Medieval Theatre Costume Costume Designers
Brooke Iris Western European Costume 1: It's Relationship to the Theatre; 13th to 17th cent. Costume Designers
Brooke Iris Western European Costume 2: It's Relationship to the Theatre; 17th to 19th cent. Costume Designers
Cunningham Rebecca The Magic Garment Costume Designers
Payne Blanche History of Costume Costume Designers
Waugh Norah Corsets and Crinolins Costume Designers
Waugh Norah The Cut of Mens Clothes: 1600-1900 Costume Designers
Waugh Norah The Cut of Womens Clothes: 1600-1930 Costume Designers
Edwards Betty Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Designers
Janson H.W. History of Art Designers
Nicoll Allardyce Theatre and Dramatic Theory Designers
Russell Douglas A. Period Style for the Theatre Designers
Bellman Willard F. Lighting the Stage: Art & Practice Lighting Designers
Davis & Jones The Sound Reinforcement Handbook Lighting Designers
Gilette J. Michael Designing With Light Lighting Designers
McCandless Stanley A Method of Lighting the Stage Lighting Designers
Moody James L. Concert Lighting Lighting Designers
Pilbrow Richard Stage Lighting Lighting Designers
Rosenthal Jean The Magic of Light Lighting Designers
Strand, Colortran, & Altman Manufacturer's Equipment Catalogs Lighting Designers
Sylvania GTE Sylvania Lighting Handbook Lighting Designers
Watson Lee Handbook of Lighting Design Lighting Designers
Wilfred Thomas Projected Scenery Lighting Designers
American Council for the Arts Why We Need the Arts Management
Andreasen Alan R. Expanding the Audience for the Performing Arts Management
Beach, Shepro, & Russon Getting it Printed Management
Blimes & Sproat More Dialing, More Dollars Management
Crawford Robert In Art We Trust Management
Farber Donald Producing Theatre Management
Fedapt The Challenge of Change Work Papers I Management
Flanagan Joan Grass Roots Fundraising Management
Francogna & Hetherington Successful Artist Managment Management
Goldman William Adventures in the Screen Trade Management
Goldman William The Season Management
Hall Mary Getting Funded Management
Katz Jonathon Presenting, Touring and the State Arts Agencies Management
Klein Erica Levy Write Great Ads Management
Landy Laura Something Ventured, Something Gained Management
Langley Stephen Theatre Management in America Management
Langley Stephen Jobs in Arts and Media Management Management
Lavender Patricia Market the Arts Management
Lewis Herschell Gordon Direct Mail Copy That Sells Management
McDaniel & Thorn Arts Boards Management
McDaniel & Thorn The Quiet Crisis With Arts Management
McDaniel & Thorn Towards a New Arts Order Management
Melillo Joseph V. Market the Arts Management
Bay Howard Stage Design Scene Designers
Bellamn Willard Scenography and Stage Technology Scene Designers
Burian Jarka The Scenography of Josef Svoboda Scene Designers
Burris, Meyer, & Cole Scenery for the Theatre Scene Designers
Carter Paul Backstage Handbook Scene Designers
Gillette A.S. Stage Scenery: It's Construction and Rigging Scene Designers
Gillette J. Michael Theatrical Design and Production Scene Designers
Glervon Jay Stage Rigging Handbook Scene Designers
Harris Cyril M. An Illustrated History of Historic Architecture Scene Designers
Jones Robert Edmond The Dramatic Imagination Scene Designers
Meyer Franz S. Handbook of Ornament Scene Designers
Mietziner Jo Designing for the Theatre Scene Designers
Parker W. Oren Sceno-Graphic Techniques Scene Designers
Parker & Wolf Scene Design and Stage Lighting Scene Designers
Payne Darwin R. Materials and Crafts of the Scenographic Model Scene Designers
Payne Darwin R. The Scenographic Imagination Scene Designers
Pecktal Lynn Designing and Painting for the Theatre Scene Designers
Pecktal Lynn Designing and Drawing for the Theatre Scene Designers
Praz Mario An Illustrated History of Interior Design Scene Designers
Rossol Monona Stage Fright Scene Designers
Speltz Alexander The Style of Ornament Scene Designers
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