LibGuides: Theatre Studies: Books &amp; eBooks

Improvisation

Training to Imagine Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques for Trainers and Managers to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning by Kat Koppett; Joel Goodman
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781579225940
Publication Date: 2012
The enhanced e-book edition will incorporate videos of sample activities and exercises, as well as interviews with leading Applied Improv practitioners. This material will also be available free on the Stylus Web site.
Improvisation and social aesthetics by Georgina Born; Eric Lewis 1961-; Will Straw 1954-
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 0-8223-6194-9
Publication Date: 2017
It sets out a new conceptualization of the aesthetic as immanently social and political, proposing a new paradigm of improvisation studies that will have reverberations throughout the humanities.
Training using drama : successful development techniques from theatre & improvisation by Kat Koppett 1965-
Call Number: Central : HF5549.5.T7 KT96 (Book)
ISBN: 9780749437046
Publication Date: 2002
This guide to using development techniques from theatre and improvisation shows how anyone can make use of them.
Interactive and improvisational drama : varieties of applied theatre and performance by Adam Blatner; Daniel J. Wiener
Call Number: Central : PN2071.I5 IL3 (Book)
ISBN: 9780595417506
Publication Date: 2007
You are holding the only book that covers the full range of dynamic methods that expand the theatre arts into new settings where many more people can participate in and enjoy the process of non-scripted drama.

Stage Production

The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance by Laurie Kincman
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781135905088
Publication Date: 2007
The book highlights differences the stage manager may encounter when working on professional and academic productions.
Stagecraft Fundamentals A Guide and Reference for Theatrical Production by Rita Kogler Carver
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9780240820576
Publication Date: 2012
The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tips, and more are discussed, illustrated by beautiful colour examples that display step-by-step procedures and the finished product.
Introduction to the art of stage management : a practical guide to working in the theatre and beyond by Michael Vitale
Call Number: Central : PN2085 .V48 2019 (Book)
ISBN: 9781474257206
Publication Date: 2019
Introduction to the Art of Stage Management will provide insight, practical information, and useful tips to help along the way.
What is scenography? by Pamela Howard 1939-
Call Number: Central : PN2091.S8 HU58 (Book)
ISBN: 0415100844
Publication Date: 2002
Pamela Howard examines scenography from many different perspectives including Space, Text, Research, Colour and Composition, Performers, and Spectators.

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Theatre Studies Staff Programme Publications

Division of Humanities

School of Performing Arts

Theatre Studies

Head of Programme

Professor Stuart Young

(Journal Article)

Young, S. (2021). The state of the British garden: Mike Bartlett's Albion and its Chekhovian scions. Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 14(2), 209-232. doi: 10.1386/jafp_00054_1

Theatre Studies

History of the theatre by Brockett, Oscar G. & Hildy, Franklin J.
Call Number: PN2101 .BV16 2008 Central (Book)
ISBN: 9780205511860
Publication Date: 2008
Known as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy's History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market.
The Oxford illustrated history of theatre by John Russell Brown. (Ed)
Call Number: PN2111.OZ5 1997 Central (Book)
ISBN: 0192880624
Publication Date: 1997
Reaching back in time and across the world, The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years.
The Oberon glossary of theatrical terms : theatre jargon explained by Winslow, Colin.
Call Number: PN2035 .WS19 2011 Central (Book)
ISBN: 9781849430913
Publication Date: 2011
Completely revised and updated, this concise glossary explains all theatre jargon. From amateur dramatics fans to West End directors, this new edition is a must have addition to the bookshelves of all theatre and performing arts aficionados.
A Glossary of Theatrical Terminology : Guide by Claus, Matteson
Call Number: (eBook)
Publication Date: 2022
This glossary provides you with definitions of core theatre terminology, offering you a go-to vocabulary list of essential theatrical terms.

Theatre Libraries

Theatre Libraries & Special Collections

H is Majesty's Theatre (Perth)

T he Columbian Theatre (Kansas)

T he Ritz Theatre and Museum

The Hampden-Booth Theatre Library

Center for Puppetry Arts

Social Media

Social media

Performance

Ancient theatre and performance culture around the Black Sea by David Braund 1957-; Edith Hall 1959-; Rosie Wyles
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781316767207
Publication Date: 2019
This landmark book broadens the whole concept and range of theatre outside Athens. It shows ways in which the colonial world of the Black Sea may be compared importantly with Southern Italy and Sicily in terms of theatre and performance.
Theatre-performance historiography : time, space, matter by Rosemarie K. Bank; Michal Kobialka
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781137397300
Publication Date: 2015
These essays address how theatre/performance historians analyze the historiographical methodologies that have been used to write theatrical and performance histories, how they resituate theorizations of the archive, of periodization, and of the past within theatre/performance research.
Ethical encounters : boundaries of theatre, performance and philosophy by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe 1958-; Daniel Watt (Daniel Peter)
Call Number: Central : PN2051 .EU4 (Book)
ISBN: 9781443816953
Publication Date: 2010
The essays on dimensions of theatre ethics at the heart of contributions to this volume demonstrate how individual academics and theatre artists have thought about the ethical implications of theatre, and present the concepts and paradigms that have guided and influenced their thinking.
Performance in the twenty-first century : theatres of engagement by Andy Lavender
Call Number: Central : PN1584 .L38 2016 (Book)
ISBN: 9780415592338
Publication Date: 2016
Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement addresses the reshaping of theatre and performance after postmodernism.

Stage Directions

The Shakespearean stage space by Mariko Ichikawa
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781139097192
Publication Date: 2013
In The Shakespearean Stage Space, Mariko Ichikawa explores the original staging of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to build a new picture of the artistry of the Renaissance stage.
Directions for directing : theatre and method by Avra Sidiropoulou 1972
Call Number: (eBook)
ISBN: 9781351839280
Publication Date: 2019
The book focuses on the fundamental tenets that define a director's work from the initial moment of inspiration to preparation to rehearsals to opening night, featuring a dual focus on critical concepts, on the one hand, and practical applications utilizing exercises, on the other.
A dictionary of stage directions in English drama, 1580-1642 by Alan C. Dessen 1935-; Leslie Thomson
Call Number: Central : PR658.S59 DF47 (Book)
ISBN: 0521552508
Publication Date: 1999
This dictionary, the first of its kind, defines and explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage written by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
The Stage directions guide to auditions by Stephen Peithman; Neil Offen
Call Number: Central : PN2071.A92 SS24 (Book)
ISBN: 0325000832
Publication Date: 1999
The STAGE DIRECTIONS Guide to Auditions covers such topics as steps to a successful audition, preparing for auditions, audition procedures, auditions and attitude, audition warning signs, tips for holding auditions, clues for callbacks and making monologues memorable.