Bailey,
Sally Dorothy. Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students
with Special Needs. Rockville, MD, 1993. ISBN 0-933149-58-1
LOC PN1590.H36B35
The author writes about the education of special needs students at the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts. This book is not just for special education teachers – because of mainstreamed students, and those with learning disabilities being diagnosed more frequently than in the past, most teachers have a percentage of special needs students in their classroom. The author writes descriptions of common and rare disabilities, and how their needs can be met in theatre classes. In addition, most of the excellent lesson plans, games and ideas can be used with all students. There are appendices with resource group addresses and building accessibility guidelines.
Landy,
Robert J. Handbook of Educational Drama and Theatre.
Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1982. ISBN 0-919-22947-3 LOC
PN3171.L28
A comprehensive work which explains nearly every use of educational drama and theatre: who can benefit from it, how they benefit, and examples of these uses. The author references the work of many of the leaders in the field, with interviews and observations of them. It is mostly theoretical and anecdotal.
Alington, A.F. Drama and Education. Blackwell, 1961.
Allen, John. Drama in Schools: Its Theory and Practice. Heinemann, London, 1979.
Auburn, Mark S. and Katherine J. Burkman. Drama Through Performance. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hopewell, NJ, 1977.
Beck, Roy A. Play Production in High School. Skokie, IL, National Textbook Company, 1977.
Behr, Marcia Ward, et al. Drama Integrates Basic Skills: Lesson Plans for the Learning Disabled. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1979
Bolton, Gavin. Drama as Education. Longman, Essex, England, 1984.
Bolton, Gavin. Towards a Theory of Drama in Education. Longman, London, 1979.
Burton, E.J. Drama in Schools. Jenkins, 1955.
Chilver, Peter. Staging a School Play. New York, Harper and Row, 1967.
Clements, Paul. The Improvised Play. Methuen. ISBN 0-413-50440-9
Courtney, Richard. The Dramatic Curriculum. Drama Book Specialists, New York, 1980.
Courtney, Richard. The School Play. London, Cassell, 1966.
Courtney, Richard. Play, Drama, and Thought, revised. Drama Book Specialists, New York, 1974.
Davis, Jed H. and Mary Jane Evans. Theatre, Children, and Youth. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, 1982.
Davis, Jed. Theatre Education: Mandate for Tomorrow. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, 1985.
Dodd, Nigel and Winifred Hickson. Drama and Theatre in Education. Heinemann, London, 1971.
Engel, Martin and Jerome Houseman, eds. Curriculum and Instruction in Arts and Aesthetic Education 4th Yearbook. CEMREL, St. Louis, 1981.
Evans, Bernard. Teaching Shakespeare in the High School. New York, Macmillan, 1966.
Hansen, Brian K. A Curriculum Model for Theatre in Aesthetic Education. CERMEL, St. Louis, 1972.
Hodgson, John, and Martin Banham, Eds. Drama in Education: The Annual Survey. 3 vols. London, Ptiman, 1972, 1973, 1975.
Hoetker, James. Dramatics and the Teaching of Literature. Champaign, Illionis, National Council of Teachers of English, 1969.
Jennings, Sue. Remedial Drama: A Handbook for Teachers and Therapists. Theatre Arts Books, New York, 1978.
Lazurus, Joan. Theatre Arts Discoveries: A Leader’s Guide to Informal Drama Activities. Madison, WI, Department of Continuing Education in the Arts, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986.
Lazurus, Joan, ed. Drama Leader. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1986.
Maley, Alan and Alan Duff. Drama Techniques in Language Learning. London: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Marrs, Carol. The Complete Book of Speech Communication: A workbook of ideas, and activities for students of speech and theatre. Colorado Springs, Colorado, Merriwether Publishing, 1992. ISBN: 916260-87-9 LOC PN4121.M3315 1992
McCaslin, Nellie. Act Now! Plays and Ways to Make Them. New York, S.G. Phillips, 1975.
Moffett, James. Drama: What is Happening? National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL, 1967.
Morgan, Diana. Living Speech in the Primary School. Longmans (Education Today), 1966.
Motter, Charlotte Kay. Theatre in High School: Planning, Teaching, Directing. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1970.
Ommanney, Katharine and Harry Schanker. The Stage and the School, 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1982.
Pemberton-Billing, R.N., and J.D. Clegg. Teaching Drama. London, University of london press Ltd., 1965.
Robinson, Ken. Exploring Theatre and Education. Exeter, NH, Heinemann, 1979.
Salisbury, Barbara. Theatre Arts in the Elementary Classroom: Kindergarten through Grade Three. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, LA, 1987.
Salisbury, Barbara. Theatre Arts in the Elementary Classroom: Grade Four through Grade Six. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, LA, 1987.
Schuman, Baird. Educational Drama for Today’s Schools. Scarecrow Press, Metchen, NJ, 1978.
Schwartz, Dorothy and Dorothy Aldrich, Eds. Give Them Roots and Wings. Washington, D.C., American Theatre Association, 1972.
Shaw, Ann, Wendy Perks, and CJ Stevens, eds. Perspectives: A Handbook in Drama and Theatre by, with, and for Handicapped Individuals. American Theatre Association, Washington, DC, 1981.
Shaw, Ann and CJ Stevens. Drama, Theatre, and the Handicapped. American Theatre Association, Washington, DC, 1979.
Slade, Peter. Drama and the Middle School. University of Lancaster, Birmingham, England, 1976.
Warren, Bernie, Ed. A Theatre in your Classroom. Ontario, Canada: Captus Press. 1990
Webster, Clive. Working with Theatre in Schools. London, Pitman, 1975. LOC PN3157.W36
Wise, Arthur. Speech Education. Longmans (Education Today), 1965.
Cheifetz,
Dan. Theatre in My Head. Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.
1971.
Cheifetz wrote this book after running a series of theater workshops for children in the late sixties, which were integrated both racially and economically. In it, he describes some of the methods he used with the children, playing games, creating pantomimes, and developing improvisations. His reflections on his interactions with the students are very valuable, and he explains not only how the activities were implemented in his workshops, but also the positive or negative reactions of the children. This is very unusual in a theatre education book, as most tell of successes, but leave out any mistakes that could serve as a cautionary example.
Heinig, Ruth
Beall and Lydia Stillwell. Creative Drama for the Classroom.
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981.
A useful book with extensive examples and suggestions, it moves from warm-ups to pantomime to story dramatization in careful steps. There is an excellent chapter on the leader’s role in creating freedom and acceptance in a creative drama classroom.
McCaslin,
Nellie, Ed. Children and Drama. New York, David McKay,
1975. ISBN: 0-679-30269-7
Contains essays on creative drama, children’s theatre, and education by various professors, playwrights and leaders in the field. Some of the writing is dated, but the book is worth reading for the philosophies of the authors.
Ward,
Winnifred. Stories to Dramatize.
A huge collection of stories from literature and fables, arranged by age level. They are almost guaranteed to be successful because of Ward’s vast experience in creative drama. Because of the sophistication (in terms of following storylines) of today’s children, the older age group stories could be tried with younger children.
Adland, David. Group Approach to Drama. Longmans, 1964.
Bassinger, John. Creative Dramatics in Movement and Writing. American Educational Publications, Xerox Corp., Middletown, CT, 1972.
Booth, David. Drama in the Formative Years. Ministry of Education, Ontario, Canada, 1984.
Burger, Isabel B. Creative Play Acting. New York, Ronald Press, 1966.
Chambers, Dewey W. Storytelling and Creative Drama. Dubuque, IA, W.C. Brown, 1970.
Chilver, Peter. Improvised Drama. B.T. Batsford, London, 1967.
Cotrell, June. Creative Drama in the Classroom: Grades 1-3. National Textbook, Lincolnwood, IL, 1987.
Cotrell, June. Creative Drama in the Classroom: Grades 4-6. National Textbook, Lincolnwood, IL, 1987.
Crosscup, Richard. Children and Dramatics. New York, Scribner’s, 1966.
Duke, Charles R. Creative Drama and English Teaching. National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL, 1974.
Durland, Frances. Creative Dramatics for Children: A Practical Manual for Teachers and Leaders. Antioch Press, Yellow Springs, OH, 1967.
Edwards, Charlotte. Creative Dramatics. The Instructor Publications, Danville, NY, 1972.
Ehrlich, Harriet, and Patricia Grastry. Creative Drama Handbook. Philadelphia, School District of Philadelphia Instructional Services, 1971.
Fitzgerald, Burdette. World Tales for Creative Dramatics and Storytelling. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1962.
George, Kathryn. Rhythm in Drama. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1980.
Goodridge, Janet. Creative Drama and Improvisational Movement for Children. Plays, Inc. Boston, 1971.
Haaga, Agnes, and Patricia Randles. Supplementary Materials for Use in Creative Dramatics with Younger Children. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1952.
Heinig, Ruth, and Lydia Stillwell. Creative Drama for the Classroom. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
Heinig, Ruth Beal. Creative Drama Resource Book: Kindergarten through Grade 3. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1987.
Heinig, Ruth Beal. Creative Drama Resource Book: Grades 4-6. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1987.
Kase, Robert. Stories for Creative Acting. New York: Samuel French, 1961.
Kase-Polisini, Judith, ed. Children’s Theatre, Creative Drama, and Learning. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1986.
Kase-Polisini, Judith, ed. Creative Drama in a Developmental Context. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1985.
Kelly, Elizabeth Y. The Magic If: Stanislavski for Children. Baltimore, National Educational Press, 1973.
Kennedy, Carol Jean. Child Drama: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography 1974-79. Washington, D.C.,
Children’s Theatre Association of America, 1981.
Koste, Virginia Glasgow. Dramatic Play in Childhood: Rehearsal for Life. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, 1978.
Lazier, Gil, and E.J. Karioth. The Inventory of Dramatic Behavior: A Content Analysis Technique for Creative Dramatics. Tallahassee, FL, Theatre Science Laboratory, Florida State University, 1972.
Learning About Learning Educational Foundation. I Create My World. Learning About Learning, San Antonio, 1977.
Lease, Ruth and Geraldine Brain Siks. Creative Dramatics in Home, School, and Community. New York, Harper Brothers, 1952.
Lowndes, Betty. Movement and Creative Drama for Children. Boston, MA, Plays, Inc.
Martin, William, and Gordon Vallins. Exploration Drama. Evans, London, 1970-77.
McCaslin, Nellie, Ed. Children and Drama. New York, David McKay, 1975. ISBN: 0-679-30269-7
McCaslin, Nellie. Creative Drama in the Classroom. 5th Edition, New York, Longman, 1990
McCaslin, Nellie. Creative Drama in the Primary Grades. Longman, White Plains, NY, 1987.
McCaslin, Nellie. Creative Drama in the Intermediate Grades. Longman, White Plains, NY, 1987.
McGregor, Lynn, Maggie Tate, and Ken Robinson. Learning Through Drama. Heinemann, London, 1977.
McIntyre, Barbara. Creative Drama in the Elementary School. Peacock, Itasca, IL, 1974.
McIntyre, Barbara M. Informal Dramatics- A language Arts Activity for the Special Pupil. Pittsburgh, Stanwiz House, Inc., 1963.
Moffett, James. Drama: What is Happening? National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL, 1967.
Nobleman, Roberta. 50 Projects for Creative Dramatics. New Plays, Rowayton, CT, 1974.
O’Neill, Cecily, Linnell Lambert, and Warr-Wood. Drama Guidelines. Exeter, NH, Neinemann, 1977.
Percival, Rachel and Vera Gray. Music, Movement, and Mime for Children. London, Oxford University Press, 1962.
Pierini, Mary Paul Frances. Creative Dramatics: A Guide for Educators. Herder and Herder, New York, 1971.
Rosenberg, Helene S. and Patricia Pinciotti. Creative Drama and Imagination: Transforming Ideas Into Action. New York, Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, 1986.
Saldana, Johnny, Ed. Drama with the Kindergarten. Department of Theatre at Arizona State University, Tempe, 1985.
Schattner, Regina. Crative Dramatics for Handicapped Children. New York, The John Day Company, 1967.
Schwartz, Dorothy and Dorothy Aldrich, Eds. Give Them Roots and Wings. Washington, D.C., American Theatre Association, 1972.
Siks, Geraldine Brain. Children’s Literature for Dramatization. New York, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
Siks, Geraldine Brain. Drama with Children. 2nd Ed. New York, Harper and Row, 1983.
Siks, Geraldine Brain. Creative Dramatics for Children. New York, Ginn and Co., 1961.
Siks, Geraldine Brain. Creative Dramatics: An Art for Children. Harper and Row, New York, 1980.
Siks, Geraldine Brain and Hazel Brain Dunnington, eds. Children;s Theatre and Creative Dramatics.
Slade, Peter. Child Drama. University of London Press, 1954.
Slade, Peter. An Introduction to Child Drama. Hodder and Stoughton, London and Toronto, 1976.
Stewig, John Warren. Informal Drama in the Elementary Language Arts Program. New York, Teachers College Press, 1983.
Stewig, John. Spontaneous Drama: A Language Art. Columbus, Ohio, Charles E. Merrill, 1973.
Tyas, Billi. Child Drama in Action: A Practical Manual for Teachers. Toronto, Ontario, Gage Educational Publishing, 1971.
Van Tassel, Katrina, and Millie Greimann. Creative Dramatization. New York, Macmillan, 1973.
Wagner, Betty Jane. Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium. National Education Association, Washington, D.C., 1976.
Wagner, Jeannine, and Kitty Baker. A Place for Ideas: Our Theatre, revised Ed. Anchorage Press, New Orleans, 1978.
Ward, Winnifred. Playmaking with Children from Kindergarten to High School. New York, Appleton Century Crofts, 1957.
Wilder, Rosilyn. A Space Where Anything Can Happen: Creative Drama in a Middle School. New Plays, Rowayton, CT, 1977.
Barker,
Clive. Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training. London,
Meuthen, 1986. ISBN: 0-910482-92-6 LOC: PN2061.B28 1978
Although this book contains many theatre games, the games are designed and presented for use by professional, adult actors. It is written so that an adult who has forgotten the spontaneity of childhood imagination can develop the skills that were lost through growing up. Clive Barker has written a very in depth book about his methods of playing theatre games to train actors, and it is good reading for teachers –with a few adaptations, many of the games can be played with children and young adults.
Brestoff,
Richard. The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods.
Smith and Krauss, 1995. ISBN: 1-57525-012-8 LOC: PN2075.B674 1995
This book provides an overview of the history of how actors learned to act from the birth of theatre to today. There are chapters on Stanislavski, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Viola Spolin, and Brecht.
Morris, Eric
and Joan Hotchkiss. No Acting Please. Ermor Enterprises
Publishing, 1977.
Subtitled: "Beyond the Method" A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living, this book is a philosophy for actors as well as a guide to acting.
Boleslavski,
Richard. Acting: The First Six Lessons. New York, Theatre
Arts Books, 1933.
This book is written in an easy to read style, from the perspective of a teacher training an aspiring actor. The teacher is all-knowing, the student completely ignorant.
Adler, Stella. The Technique of Acting. Bantam Books, New York, 1988.
Albright, H.D. Acting: The Creative Process, 3rd Edition. Wadsworth, Belmont, CA, 1980.
Benedetti, Robert. Seeming, Being, and Becoming. New York, Drama Book Specialist, 1976.
Benedetti, Robert. The Actor at Work: An Introduction to the Skills of Acting. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981.
Berry, Cicely. The Actor and His Text. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1987.
Berry, Cicely. Voice and the Actor. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, New York, 1974.
Bowskill, Derek. Acting: An Introduction. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977.
Chekhov, Michael. Lessons for the Professional Actor. Performing Arts Journal, 1985.
Chekhov, Michael. To the Actor. Harper and Row, N.Y., 1953.
Cohen, Robert. Acting Power: An Introduction to Acting. Mayfield, Palo Alto, CA, 1978.
Cohen, Robert. Acting Professionally. Mayfield, Palo Alto, CA, 1981.
Cole, Toby & Helen Krich Cinoy. Actors on Acting. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1949.
Crawford, Jerry L. and Snyder, Joan. Acting in Person and Style. William Brown, Dubuque, IA, 1976.
Delgado, Ramon. Acting with both Sides of Your Brain: Perspectives on the Creative Process. New York, Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, 1986
Franklin, Miriam. Rehearsal: The Principles and Practice of Acting for the Stage. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1972.
Hagen, Uta. Respect for Acting. Macmillan, New York, 1973.
Hagen, Uta. A Challenge for the Actor. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1991.
Harrop, John and Sabin R. Epstein. Acting with Style. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982.
King, Nancy. A Movement Approach to Acting. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1981
King, Nancy. Theatre Movement: the Actor and his Space. New York, Drama Book Specialists, 1971.
Lane, Yoti. The Psychology of the Actor. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1960.
Lee, Charlotte, and David Grote. Theater: Preparation and Performance. Scott Foresman, Glenview, IL, 1982.
Lewis, Robert. Advice to the Players. Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1980.
Marowitz, Charles. The Act of Being: Towards a Theory of Acting. Taplinger Publishing Co., New York, 1978.
McGraw, Charles. Acting is Believing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1975.
Meisner, Sanford and Dennis Longwell. Sanford Meisner on Acting. Vintage Books, New York, 1987.
Moore, Sonia. The Stanislavski System. Penguin Books, New York, 1968.
Moore, Sonia. Training an Actor. The Viking Press, New York, 1968.
Oxenford, Lynn. Playing Period Plays. Theatre Arts Books, New York, 1977.
Rockwood, Jerome. Craftsmen of Dionysus. Scott Foresman, Glenview, IL, 1966.
Russell, Douglas A. Period Style for the Theatre. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, 1980.
Stanislavski, Constantin. An Actor Prepares. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1948.
Stanislavski, Constantin. Building a Character. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1949.
Stanislavski, Constanin. Creating a Role. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1961.
Cassady,
Marsh. Acting Games. Meriwether Publishing, Ltd., Colorado
Springs, CO, 1993.
There are four parts to this book, each containing a great number of exercises. They are most useful with adolescents, because some of them are quite complex. The fourth section of the book gives directions for character study in terms that a junior high or high school student can understand.
Love,
Douglas. Imagination Station: 99 Games to Spark Your
Imagination. Harper Collins, New York, 1995.
This game book is written for a young person to understand, so they are easy to explain and easy to learn. The games include concentration, physical , and verbal activities. There are additional ideas to make the games more complex on every page.
Novelly,
Maria C. Theatre Games for Young Performer. Meriwether
Publishing, Ltd. , Colorado Springs, CO, 1985.
A great sourcebook that even a teacher inexperienced with theatre can use. The games are for adolescent students, with pantomime, voice, and improvisation as the main focus. What makes this book really great is the sample worksheets, an excellent index of the games, and the chapter on planning the theatre class/program.
Orlick,
Terry. The Cooperative Sports and Games Book. Pantheon
Books, New York, 1978.
Orlick,
Terry. The Second Cooperative Sports and Games Book.
Pantheon Books, New York, 1982.
Both of these books contain many games that are useful in all kinds of theatre classes, particularly because the games are designed so that working together is the rule rather than the exception. There are even games that can be played in a swimming pool.
Spolin,
Viola. Theatre Games for the Classroom: A Teacher’s
Handbook. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 1986.
A classic book of theatre games, which are very good for elementary school students. There are phrases with each game to help the teacher coach the participants, keeping everyone involved. There is an index, a glossary of theatre terms, and suggestions for sequences of the games which is very useful for a teacher.
Link to an interesting site containing further information on Viola Spolin.
Way, Brian. Development
Through Drama.
A detailed volume on the various aspects of drama, with outlines of activities for the classroom. For those of us stateside, some specifics of the activities would have to be changed; the situations are very British (i.e., an improvisation on a family arguing over how to cross the channel).
Aycox, Frank. Games We Should Play in School: A Revealing Analysis of the Social Forces in the Classroom and a Practical Approach to Understanding and Shaping Them, Including over 55 Dynamic and Fun Social Games. Byron, CA, Front Row, 1985
Belt, Lynda and Rebecca Stockley. Improvisation Through Theatre Sports. Thespis Productions, Puyallup, Washington. ISBN 0-17-444115-0
Boyd, Neva L. Handbook of Recreational Games: How to Play More Than 300 Children’s Games. New York, Dover Publications, 1975.
Brandes, Donna, and Howard Phillips. Gamester’s Handbook. Hutchinson, London. ISBN 0-09-1364213
Caruso, Sandra and Clemens, Paul. The Actor’s Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations for the Teacher and the Actor ; New York, Penguin Books, 1992
DeMille, Richard. Put Your Mother on the Ceiling: Children’s Imagination Games. New York: Viking Penguin, 1976
Dezseran, Louis. Student Actor’s Handbook: Theatre Games and Exercises. Mayfield, Palo Alto, CA, 1975.
Dunne, T. and Warren, B. Drama Games. Ontario, Canada: Captus Press, 1989
Eberle, Robert. Games for Imagination Development. Buffalo: DOK Publishers, 1971.
Fluegelman, Andrew, ed. New Games Book. Doubleday, New York, 1976.
Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization. New York, Bantam Books, 1985.
Hendricks, Gay and Wills, Russel. The Centering Book: Awareness Activities for Children and adults to rleax the Body and Mind. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1975.
Hendrick, Gay and Wills, Russel. The Second Centering Book: More Awareness Activities for Children, Parents, and Teachers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1977.
Hodgson, John and Ernest Richards. Improvisation. New York, Grove Press, 1974.
Johnstone, Keith. Don’t Be Prepared. Loose Moose Theatre Co., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ISBN 0-9698382-0-4
Johnstone, Keith. Impro. New York, Theatre Arts Books, 1979.
Jones, Brie. Improve with Improv. Meriwether, Colorado Springs, CO.
Murdock, Maureen. Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children for learning, Creativity, and Relaxation. Boston, MA, Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1987. ISBN 0-8773-422-4 (pbck) LOC BF723.I47M87
Peterson, Jill K. 64 Drama Games for the Classroom. T and J Peterson, Missoula, MT, 1981.
Polsky, Milton. Let’s Improvise. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1980.
Spolin, Viola. The Theatre Game File. St. Louis, Cremel, Inc. 1975.
Spolin, Viola. Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director’s Handbook. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8101-4002-0 (paper).
Books on Directing, Production, Set, Costume, Light, and Sound Design, and Stage Management
Addix, Vern. Theatre Scenecraft, Rev. Ed. New Orleans, Anchorage Press, 1984.
Albright, Hardie. Stage Direction in Transition. Dickenson, Belmont, CA, 1972.
Bellman, Willard. Lighting the Stage: Art and Practice, 2nd Ed. San Francisco, Chandler Publishing Co, 1974.
Benedetti, Robert. The Director at Work. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985.
Blumenthal, Eileen. Directors in Perspective. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1984
Brook, Peter. The Empty Space. Athenum, New York, 1984.
Buchman, Herman. Stage Makeup. New York, Watson-Gutpill, 1972.
Burris-Meyer, Harold, and Edward D. Cole. Scenery for the Theatre. Boston, Little Brown, 1971.
Cohen, Robert, and John Harrop. Creative Play Direction. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984.
Cole, Toby & Helen Krich Cinoy. Directors on Directing. Bobbs-Merill, New York, 1963.
Collison, David. Stage Sound. New York, Drama Book Specialists, 1976.
Corson, Richard. Stage Makeup, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1981.
Dean, Alexander, and Lawrence Carra. Fundamentals of Play Directing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1980.
Doleman, John. The Art of Play Production, 3rd Edition. New York, Harper and Row, 1973.
Emery, Joy Spanabel. Stage Costume Techniques. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1981.
Gillette, A.S. Stage Scenery: Its Construction and Rigging, 2nd Edition. New York, Harper and Row, 1972.
Grote, David. Script Analysis: Reading and Understanding the Playscript for Production. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth, 1985.
Hodge, Francis. Play Directing. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982.
Ingham, Rosemary and Elizabeth Covey. Costumer’s Handbook: How to Make all Kinds of Costumes. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Kenton, Warren. Stage Properties and How to Make Them Rev. Edition. New York, Drama Book Specialists, 1978.
Langley, Stephen. Theatre Management in America. New York, Drama Book Specialists, 1980.
Parker, Oren and Smith, Harvey. Scene Design and Stage Lighting, 4th Edition. New Yrok, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979.
Payne, Drawin Reid. Design for the Stage. Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois University Press, 1974.
Pilbrow, Richard. Stage Lighting, Rev. Edition. New York, Drama Book Specialists, 1979.
Potts, Norman, Ed. Theatre Technology and Design: A Course Guide, K-12. Cincinnati, OH, International Thespian Society, 1984.
Russell, Douglas A. Period Style for the Theatre. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, 1980.
Selden, Samuel and Rezzuto, Tom. Essentials of Stage Scenery. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1972.
Southern, Richard. The Open Stage. Faber, 1953.
Stern, Lawrence. Stage Management, 3rd Edition. Rockleigh, NJ, Allyn and Bacon, 1987.
Tanner, Fran Averett. Basic Drama Projects. Rev,ed. Caldwell, ID, Clark Publishing Co, 1977.
Wills, J. Robert. Directing in the Theatre: A Casebook. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1980.
Wills, J. Robert. The Director in a Changing Theatre. Mayfield, Palo Alto, CA, 1976.
Books about Education, Creativity Theory, and Psychology of Children, Play, and other related topics
Faber, Adele
and Elaine Mazlish. How to Talk so Kids Can Learn. New
York, Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1995.
A book containing strategies for a teacher to use in communications with students. The authors propose that accepting students feelings makes everyone’s classroom time more successful and productive. It has excellent examples of this theory in action.
Burton, E.J. Teaching Through Self-Expression. Evans, 1949.
Daher, Michael ed. Play and Leisure. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1977.
Edwards, Betty. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence. Rev. ed., Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. 1989
Eisner, Elliot W. The Educational Imagination. Macmillan, New York, 1979.
Feldman, Edmund Burke. Becoming Human through Art Aesthetic Experience in the School. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1970.
Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York, Basic Books, 1985.
Herron, R.D., and Brian Sutton Smith. Child’s Play. New York, John Wiley, 1971.
Hudgins, Bryce B. Problem Solving in the Classroom. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1966
Jones, Richard M. Fantasy and Feeling in the Classroom. New York, New York University Press, 1968.
Koch, Kenneth. Wishes, Lies and Dreams. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1970.
Madeja, Stanley and Sheila Onuska. All the Arts for Every Child. The JDR 3rd Fund, New York, 1973.
Madeja, Stanley and Sheila Onuska. Through the Arts to the Aesthetic. CEMREL, St. Louis, 1977.
Markova, Dawna, PhD. The Art of the Possible: A Compassionat Approach to Understanding the Way People Think, Learn, and Communicate. Emeryville, CA, Conari Press, 1991.
Mearns, Hughes. Creative Power: The Education of Youth in the Creative Arts. 2nd Edition, New York, Dover
Publications, Inc. 1929.
Nachmonovitch, Stephen. Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art. Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1990.
Neil, A.S. Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing. New York, Hart Publishing Company, 1960.
Ruben, Louis. Artistry in Teaching. Random House, New York, 1985.
Singer, Jerome. The Child’s World of Make-Believe. New York, Academic Press, 1974.
Smith, James A. Creative Teaching of the Creative Arts in the Elementary School. Boston, Allyn Bacon, 1967.
Stake, Robert. Evaluating the Arts in Education. Columbus, Ohio, Charles E. Merrill, 1973.
Timson, Williams, and David Tobin. Teaching as Performing. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982.
Viola, W. Child Art, 2nd Ed. University of London Press, 1942.
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