Book List – Styles of Contemporary Theatre

 

 

General Reference

 

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The theory of the modern stage: an introduction to modern     792.01 THE

Theatre history explained /                                   792.09 FRA

A concise history of the theatre /                            792.09 HAR

Dictionary of the theatre : terms, concepts, and analysis /   REF 792.03 PAV

History of the theatre /                                      REF 792.09 BRO

The Oxford illustrated history of Theatre /                   REF 792.09 OXF

 

 

Melodrama

 

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The Cambridge companion to British theatre, 1730-1830 /       792.094209033 CAM

Dracula /                                                     822 DEA

 

 

Improvisation

 

 

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Impro : improvisation and the theatre /                       792.028 JOH

 

 

Theatre of Cruelty

 

 

Title                                                         Call #

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The empty space. -                                            792.01 BRO

Makers of modern theatre /                                    792.0904 LEA

Artaud for beginners /                                        841.9122 ART STO

Artaud's theatre of cruelty /                                 841.9122 BER

 

 

Theatre of the Oppressed

 

 

Title                                                         Call #

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Theatre of the oppressed /                                    792.01 BOA

Playing Boal: theatre, therapy, activism /                    792.013 PLA

Augusto Boal / Frances Babbage.                               792.0233 BOA BAB

Games for actors and non-actors /                             792.028 BOA

 

 

Epic Theatre

 

 

Title                                                         Call #

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Modern drama in theory and practice 3:  Expressionism and /   809.2 STY

Mother courage and her children : a chronicle of the Thirty   832 BRE

Galileo /                                                     832 BRE

Bertolt Brecht /                                              832 BRE BER

Brecht for beginners /                                        832 BRE THO

Bertolt Brecht                                                AV DVD 832 BRE BER

 

 

Theatre of the Absurd

 

 

Title                                                         Call #

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Being and nothingness : a phenomenological essay on ontology  142.78 SAR

Existentialism and humanism : Jean-Paul Sartre /              142.78 SAR JON

Introducing Sartre /                                          142.78 SAR THO

Modern drama in theory and practice 2: symbolism, surrealism /809.2 STY

The theatre of the absurd /                                   809.204 ESS

Edward Albee's The goat, or, Who is Sylvia? : notes toward a  812 ALB

The American dream ; and, The zoo story : two plays /         812 ALB

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? : a play /                    812 ALB

Edward Albee's The zoo story and The sandbox.                 812 ALB

Edward Albee's The play about the baby.                       812 ALB

Hedda Gabler /                                                812 BAI

Waiting for Godot; tragicomedy in 2 acts /                    822 BEC

Endgame : a play in one act, followed by Act without words,   822 BEC

The room and The dumb waiter /                                822 PIN

Party time /                                                  822 PIN

Party time /                                                  822 PIN

Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead /                       822 STO

Arcadia /                                                     822 STO

Ghosts /                                                      839.8226 IBS

Ghosts /                                                      839.8226 IBS

Peer Gynt : a dramatic poem /                                 839.8226 IBS

Ghosts /                                                      839.8226 IBS

Ghosts ; The warriors at Helgeland ; An enemy of the people   839.8226 IBS

Ghosts /                                                      839.8226 IBS

Ghosts /                                                      839.8226 IBS

Rhinoceros ; The Chairs ; The Lesson /                        842 ION

Eugene Ionesco /                                              842 ION EUG

3 plays with Billie Whitelaw                                  AV DVD 822 BEC THR

Immortal Ibsen                                                AV DVD 839.8226 IBS IMM