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Acting by Claudia Springer (Editor); Arthur Nolletti (Contribution by); Julie Levinson (Contribution by, Editor); Victoria Duckett (Contribution by); Arthur Nolletti (Contribution by); David Sterritt (Contribution by); Donna Peberdy (Contribution by); Cynthia Baron (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780813564333

Publication Date: 2015-08-18
The Idea of the Actor by William B. Worthen
ISBN: 9780691612065

Publication Date: 2014-07-14

Project Planning for the Stage by Rich Dionne
ISBN: 9780809336890

Publication Date: 2018
Drafting for the Theatre by Dennis Dorn; Mark Shanda
ISBN: 9780809330379

Publication Date: 2012-02-23
Stagecraft by F. A. Buerki; Susan J. Christensen
ISBN: 9780299093501

Publication Date: 1983-01-01
Directors and Designers by Christine White (Editor)
ISBN: 9781841502892

Publication Date: 2010-04-30

Theater Appreciation
This Lumen Course introduces students to the genre of Drama, covering its origins in the Greek tragedies like Oedipus Rex and moving through the basics of theatrical production to discuss Elizabethan Theater with the works of Shakespeare, concluding with coverage of modern musicals, like the Phantom of the Opera.

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A Primer in Theatre History by William Grange
ISBN: 9780761860037

Publication Date: 2012-12-14
Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre by Erika Fischer-Lichte
ISBN: 9780415276757

Publication Date: 2005-06-13
Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century by John H. Houchin; Don B. Wilmeth (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0521818192

Publication Date: 2003-06-26

Fifty Playwrights on Their Craft by Caroline Jester; Caridad Svich
ISBN: 9781474239028

Publication Date: 2017-11-30
Building Your Play by David Rush
ISBN: 9780809329595

Publication Date: 2010-06-30
Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre by Frances Babbage; Enoch Brater (Series edited by); Mark Taylor-Batty (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9781472530523

Publication Date: 2017-11-16

Print Books by Content Type

The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2014 by Lawrence Harbison (Editor)
Call Number: PN 2080 .B44 2014

ISBN: 9781575258874

Publication Date: 2014-06-01
The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2013 by Lawrence Harbison (Editor)
Call Number: PS 627 .O53 A150 2013

ISBN: 1575258420

Publication Date: 2013-12-16
Two-Minute Monologs by Glenn Alterman; Theodore O. Zapel (Editor)
Call Number: PN 2080 .A447 1998

ISBN: 9781566080385

Publication Date: 1998-06-01

American Set Design by Arnold Aronson; Harold Prince (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN 2096 .A1 A7 1985

ISBN: 9780930452391

Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Making a Monster by Outlet Book Company Staff
Call Number: PN 2068 .T3

ISBN: 0517528622

Publication Date: 1984-12-13
Stage Costume Design by Douglas A. Russell
Call Number: PN 2067 .R78 1985

ISBN: 9780138403492

Publication Date: 1984-10-01

Between Worlds by Misha Berson (Editor)
Call Number: PS 628 .A85 B4 1998

ISBN: 9781559360043

Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Footpaths and Bridges by Shirley A. Huston-Findley (Editor); Rebecca Howard (Editor)
Call Number: PS 628 .I53 F66 2008

ISBN: 9780472116133

Publication Date: 2008-03-19
100 Greatest American Plays by Thomas S. Hischak
Call Number: PS 625 .A25 2017

ISBN: 9781442256057

Publication Date: 2017-03-06

American Drama from the Colonial Period Through World War I by Gary A. Richardson
Call Number: PS 332 .R53 1993

ISBN: 0805789561

Publication Date: 1993-04-01

The Playwright's Art by Jackson R. Bryer (Editor)
Call Number: PS 352 .P57 1995

ISBN: 9780813521299

Publication Date: 1994-12-01

Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Jeremy McCarter
Call Number: ML 50 .M6736 H3 2016

ISBN: 9781455539741

Publication Date: 2016-04-12