Maggie Allesee Department Of Theatre And Dance

Maggie AlleseeDepartment of Theatre and DanceGRADUATE READING LISTfor the degrees ofMASTER OF FINE ARTSThis Reading List is a supplement to the Curriculum Guides for the MFA degrees in Theatre.This is not an official university document.revised: 7/26/2017

TABLE OF CONTENTSDRAMATIC LITERATURE4HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS6DRAMATIC THEORY AND CRITICISM7ACTING8COSTUME DESIGN9SCENERY AND LIGHTING DESIGN9STAGE MANAGEMENT10THEATRE MANAGEMENT10

GRADUATE READING LISTWhat follows is a minimum list of readings with which advanced students of theatre should be familiar.It ranges from plays and books about historical backgrounds, theory and criticism, and aesthetics, to thecreative and technical work of actors, directors, designers, technicians, and managers.The list is divided into Required and Recommended readings:MFA students are responsible for the Required readings in Dramatic Literature (i.e., plays), DramaticTheory and Criticism, and Historical Backgrounds, plus any other readings their major adviser orcommittee may prescribe.In addition:MFA students are responsible for Required readings pertaining to their specific emphasis.Knowledge of many of these readings will be acquired through regular course work in theatre. Howeverstudents will need to take the initiative and explore also the Recommended works to provide as muchgroundwork as possible for their degree examinations and for developing their own artistic point-of-view.3

DRAMATIC LITERATURERequired for all MFAsAeschylusAnonymousAristophanesBaraka, Imamu AmiriBeckett, Samuel.Betti, Ugo.Brecht, Bertolt.Chekhov, Anton.Churchill, CarylCongreve, WilliamEuripidesFeydeau, Georges.Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.Goldsmith, OliverHansberry, Lorraine.Ibsen, Henrik.Ionesco, Eugene.Jarry, Alfred.Jonson, BenKaiser, Georg.Machiavelli, NiccoloMarlowe, ChristopherMiller, Arthur.MoliereO'Neill, Eugene.Pinter, HaroldPirandello, Luigi.PlautusRacine, JeanRostand, Edmond.Sartre, Jean Paul.Schiller, Friedrich.Shakespeare, WilliamShaw, George Bernard.The Oresteian TrilogyQuem Queritis TropeLysistrataDutchmanWaiting for Godot, EndgameThe Queen and the RebelsMother Courage and Her Children, The Caucasian ChalkCircle, The Good Woman of SetzuanThe Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The CherryOrchardCloud NineThe Way of the WorldMedea, The BacchaeHotel ParidisoFaust, Pt. IShe Stoops to ConquerA Raisin in the SunPeer Gynt, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People,Hedda Gabbler, The Wild Duck, The Master Builder,The Bald SopranoUbu RoiVolponeGas TrilogyMandragolaDoctor FaustusDeath of a Salesman, The CrucibleTartuffe, The Imaginary Invalid, The School for Wives, TheMisanthrope, The Miser, The School for Husbands, Don JuanDesire Under the Elms, Long Day's Journey Into NightThe Homecoming, The Birthday PartySix Characters in Search of an AuthorThe MenaechmiPhaedraCyrano de BergeracNo ExitMary StuartHamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Twelfth Night,Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Ceasar,Othello, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of theShrew, Measure for Measure, A Winter's Tale, Anthony andCleopatra, Coriolanus, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, MuchAdo About NothingMajor Barbara, Saint Joan, Heatrbreak House4

Shepard, SamSheridan, Richard BrinsleySophoclesSoyinka, WoleStrindberg, August.Synge, John Millington.Wilde, Oscar.Williams, Tennessee.Buried ChildThe School for ScandalOedipus, AntigoneDeath and the King's HorsemanMiss Julie, The Dream Play, The Dance of Death, 1 & 2Riders to the SeaThe Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal HusbandA Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin RoofRecommendedAlbee, EdwardAnonymousAristophanesBrecht, BertoltBuchner, GeorgBulgakov, MichailCalderonCorneille, PierreCrothers, RachelDurrenmattEuripidesGilman, RebeccaGogol, NicolaiGoldoni, CarloGorky, MaximGozziGuare, JohnHauptman, GerhardtHellmanHugo, VictorLaBute, NeilLope de VegaO'Casey, SeanOdetsO'Neill, EugeneOsborneParks, Suzan-LoriRabe, DavidRebeck, TheresaSenecaShakespeare, WilliamShaw, George BernardSophoclesStoppard, TomTerenceTerry, Meganvan Itallie, Jean ClaudeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Zoo StoryAbraham and Isaac, Everyman, Pierre PathelinAll titlesAll titlesWoyzeckThe Life of MoliereLife is a DreamLe CidShe and HeThe VisitAll titlesSpinning into ButterThe Inspector GeneralThe Servant of Two MastersThe Lower DepthsThe King StagThe House of Blue Leaves, Lydee BreezThe WeaversThe Little FoxesHernaniThe Mercy Seat, Some GirlsFuente OvejunaJuno and the PaycockAwake and SingAll titlesLook Back in AngerIn the BloodHurlyburly, StreamersCollected Plays, Vol. 1MedeaAll titlesYou Never Can Tell, PygmalionAll titlesRosencrantz and Gilderstern are DeadAll titlesCalm Down MotherThe Serpent5

Wasserstein, WendyWebster, JohnWeiss, PeterWilson, AugustWilson, LanfordWycherly, WilliamYeatsZola, EmileThe Heidi ChroniclesThe Duchess of MalfiMarat/SadeFencesBalm in GileadThe Country WifePurgatoryTherese RaquinHISTORICAL BACKGROUNDSRequired for all MFAsBieber, MargareteBrockett, Oscar G.and Findlay, Robert R.Brockett, OscarGorelik, MordecaiHodges, C. WalterThe History of Greek and Roman TheatreCentury of Innovation: A History of European and AmericanTheatre and Drama Since 1870History of the TheatreNew Theatres for OldThe Globe RestoredRecommendedAdams, John C.Antoine, AndreBeckerman, Bernard.Bordman, GeraldCampbell, Lilly BessChambers, E. K.Clark, Barrett H.and Freedley, GeorgeDurchartre, Pierre L.Esslin, MartinGrube, MaxHaskins, JamesHuerta, JorgeHunninger, BenKernodle, GeorgeMiller, Anna IreneNicoll, AllardyceOdell, G.C.D.Pickard-Cambridge, A.W.Roose-Evans, JamesRowell, GeorgeSeltzer, DanielSimonson, LeeThe Globe Playhouse: Its Design and EquipmentMemories of the Théatre-LibreShakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609American Musical TheatreScenes and Machines on the English StageThe Medieval StageA History of Modern DramaThe Italian Comedy: The Improvisation, Scenarios, Lives,Attributes, Portraits and Masks of the Illustrious Characters ofthe Commedia dell'ArteThe Theatre of the AbsurdThe Story of the MeiningerBlack Theatre in AmericaChicano Theatre: Themes and FormsThe Origins of the TheatreFrom Art to Theatre: Form and Convention in the RenaissanceThe Independent Theatre in Europe, 1887 to the PresentMasks, Mimes and MiraclesShakespeare from Betterton to IrvingThe Dramatic Festivals of AthensExperimental Theatre: From Stanislavsky to TodayThe Victorian TheatreThe Modern Theatre: Readings and DocumentsThe Stage is Set6

Wickham, GlynneWilson, GarffWoll, AllenEarly English Stages, 1300-1660Three Hundred Years of American Drama and TheatreBlack Musical TheatreDRAMATIC THEORY AND CRITICISMRequired for all MFAsAristotleBrecht, BertoltCarlson, MarvinDolan, JillDukore, Bernard FPoetics (recommend Butcher translation with Fergusson introduction)Brecht on TheatreTheories of the Theatre.The Feminist Spectator as CriticDramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to GrotowskiRecommendedArtaud, AntoninBarzun, JacquesBentley, EricBrook, PeterBrustein, RobertCalarco, N. JosephChinoy, Helen Krichand Linda Walsh Jenkins, eds.Freytag, GustavFrye, NorthropHarrison, Paul CarterJahn, JanheinzKerr, WalterKeyssar, HeleneKirby, MichaelLanger, Susanne KLauter, PaulPavis, PatriceSaint-Denis, MichelShaw, George BernardStates, Bert OSzanto, George HThomas, JamesValency, MauriceThe Theatre and Its DoubleClassic, Romantic and ModernThe Playwright as ThinkerThe Empty SpaceThe Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to Modern DramaTragic Being: Apollo and Dionysus in Western DramaWomen in American TheatreFreytag's Technique of the DramaThe Anatomy of CriticismThe Drama of NommoMuntuTragedy and ComedyFeminist TheatreFuturist PerformanceFeeling and FormTheories of ComedyLanguages of the StageTheatre, the Rediscovery of StyleThe Quintessence of IbsenismGreat Reckonings in Little Rooms: On the Phenomenology ofTheatreTheatre and propagandaScript Analysis for Actors, Directors, and DesignersThe Flower and the Castle: An Introduction to Modern Drama7

ACTINGRequired for MFA in ActingBall, WilliamBerry, CicelyBrestoff, RichardBruder, Melissa, et al.Chekhov, MichaelCole, Tobyand Helen Krich ChinoyMcGaw, CharlesMerlin, JoannaOxenford, LynSabatine, JeanStanislavski, KonstantinA Sense of DirectionThe Actor and His TextThe Great Acting Teachers and Their MethodsA Practical Handbook for the ActorLessons for the Professional ActorTo the Actor on the Technique of ActingActors on ActingActing is BelievingAuditioning: An Actor Friendly GuidePlaying Period PlaysThe Actor's Image: Movement Training for Stage and ScreenAn Actor PreparesRecommendedAdler, StellaBarkworth, PeterBerry, CicelyChekhov, MichaelDavis, Clinton Turnerand Harry NewmanDuerr, EdwinHagen, UtaJones, Frank PierceLacoq, JacquesLewis, RobertMaisel, Edward, ed.Meisner, SanfordMoore, SoniaSchurtleff, MichaelSpolin, ViolaStanislavski, KonstantinTurner, J. CliffordWildeblood, Joanand Peter BrinsonThe Technique of ActingAbout ActingVoice and the ActorThe Path of the ActorBeyond TraditionThe Length and Depth of ActingRespect for Acting, Challenge for the ActorBody Awareness in ActionThe Moving BodyMethod or Madness?The Alexander TechniqueSanford Meisner on ActingTraining the ActorAuditionImprovisation for the TheatreBuilding a CharacterCreating a RoleVoice and Speech for the TheatreThe Polite World8

COSTUME DESIGNRequired for MFA in Costume DesignCorson, RichardIngham, Rosemaryand Covey, LizPayne, BlancheRussell, Douglas A.Russell, Douglas A.Stage MakeupThe Costume Designer's HandbookHistory of CostumePeriod Style for the TheatreStage Costume Design: Theory, Technique and StyleRecommendedBatterberry, Michael and ArianeBlum, StellaBoucher, FrancoisBruhn, Wolfgang,and Tikle, MaxHope, ThomasHowell, GeorginaRussell, Douglas A.Mirror Mirror: A Social History of FashionVictorian Fashions: Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867189820,000 Years of FashionA Pictorial History of CostumeCostumes of the Greeks and RomansIn VogueCostume History and StyleSCENERY AND LIGHTING DESIGNRequired for MFA in Scenery Design and Lighting DesignAppia, AdolpheBellman, Willard FParker, W. Orenand Craig R. WolfJones, Robert EdmondPecktal, LynnRosenthal, JeanRussell, Douglas A.Music and DramaMusic and the Art of the TheatreLighting the StageScene Design and Stage LightingThe Dramatic ImaginationDesigning and Painting for the TheatreThe Magic of LightPeriod Style for the TheatreRecommendedBay, HowardBellman, Willard F.Burian, JarkaBurris-Meyer, Haroldand Edward C. ColeCollison, DavidGillette, J. MichaelGillette, Arnold S.McCandless, StanleySimonson, LeeStage DesignScene Design, Stage Lighting, Sound, Costume and MakeupThe Scenography of Josey SvobodaScenery for the TheatreStage SoundDesigning with LightStage Scenery: Its Construction and RiggingThe Method of Lighting the StageThe Stage is Set9