Theatre: Stagecraft

Fondren Library's two main digital resources for dramatic arts are Digital Theatre Plus and Drama Online. Both contain rich textual, audio and video resources for stagecraft.

Digital Theatre Plus

Stagecraft materials in DT+ take the form of interviews, master classes, directors' notes on productions, textual concise introductions, compare & contrast presentations of key speeches, and e-learning videos. Navigate the site using the menus at the top-- title, genres, people, themes, series-- or use the keyword search. 

Drama Online

This resource contains ebooks on stagecraft as well as video masterclasses.  

This guide to stagecraft includes representative titles for the following areas: acting; auditions and portfolios;costume design and makeup; directing; stage design, lighting, and sound; stage management.  Most of the stagecraft books are located in the Fondren Library with a smaller collection housed in the Brown Fine Arts Library.  The general call number range for technical theater is:  PN2053 - PN2091; the history of costumes, fashion, dress, and clothing spans GT505 - GT1741; costume design,  fashion designers, various aspects of fashion are found in TT502 - TT667.

Blumenfeld, Robert.  Stagecraft: Stanislavsky and External Acting Techniques.  Milwaukee, WI: Limelight Editions c2011.

PN2062 .B65 2011

Chekhov, Michael. On the Technique of Acting. New York: Harper, 1991.

PN2061 .C538 1991

Hagen, Uta.  A Challenge for the Actor.  New York, NY: Scribner's, c1991.

Art PN2061 .H27 1991

Harold, Madd.  The Actor's Guide to Performing Shakespeare. Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle, 2002.

PR3091 .H38 2002

Houseman, Barbara. Finding Your Voice : a Step-by-Step Guide for Actors. Routledge, 2002.

PN4162 .H68 2002

Krasner, David.  An Actor's Craft: the Art and Technique of Acting.  Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

PN2061 .K65 2012

Linklater, Kristin. Freeing the Natural Voice : Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language. Revised and expanded [edition]., Drama Pub., 2006.

PN4162 .L55 2006

O'Brien, Nick.  Stanislavski in practice : exercises for students.   London; New York: Routledge, 2011.

PN2062 .O27 2011

Rodenburg, Patsy. The Need for Words : Voice and Text. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2018.

Online and PN4162 .R679 2018

Stanislavski, Constantin.  An Actor Prepares.  New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1948.

PN2065 .A64 1948

Stanislavski, Constantin.  Creating a role.  New York: Routledge, c1989.

PN2062 .S7513 1989

Cohen, Darren.  The Complete Professional Audition:  A Commonsense Guide to Auditioning for Musicals and Plays. New York:  Backstage Books, 2005.

Music  PN2080 .C644 2005

Jaen, Rafael.  Show case: developing, maintaining, and presenting a design-tech portfolio for theatre and allied fields. Waltham, MA : Focal Press, c2012.

PN2091 .S8 J33 2012

Parker, Herb. A Monologue Is an Outrageous Situation! : How to Survive the 60-Second Audition. Focal Press, 2016.

Online.

Soto-Morettini, Donna. Mastering the Shakespeare Audition : a Quick Guide to Performance Success / Donna Soto-Morettini. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2020.

Online.

Anderson, Barbara.  Costume Design.  Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1999.

TT507 .A66 1999

Ingham, Rosemary, et al. The Costume Technician’s Handbook. Third edition., Heinemann, 1992.

Art TT507 .I47 1992

Swinfield, Rosemarie.  Stage Makeup:  Step-by-step.  Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, c1994.

PN2068 .S9 1994

Tan, Huaixiang. Costume Craftwork on a Budget : Clothing, 3-D Makeup, Wigs, Millinery & Accessories. Routledge, 2019.

PN2067 .T37 2019

A Visual history of costume.  London: Batsford; New York: Drama Book Publishers, 1983-1986.

[1] The fourteenth & fifteenth centuries / Margaret Scott.-- [2] The sixteenth century / Jane Ashelford.-- [3] The seventeenth century / Valerie Cumming.-- [4] The eighteenth century / Aileen Ribeiro.-- [5] The nineteenth century / Vanda Foster.-- [6] The twentieth century / Penelope Byrde.

GT733 .V57 1983 v.1-v.6

Black, George.  Contemporary Stage Directing.  Forth Worth, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1991.

Art PN2053 .B525 1991

Hodge, Francis.  Play Directing, Analysis, Communication, and Style.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1994.

PN2053 .H6 1994

Innes, Christopher, and Maria Shevtsova. The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Online and at PN2053 .I525 2013

Peithman, Stephen.  The Stage Directions Guide to Directing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999.

PN2053 .S74 1999

Sidiropoulou, Avra. Directions for Directing : Theatre and Method. Boca Raton, FL: Routledge, 2018. 

Online

Brockett, Oscar G.  Making the scene: a History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States. San Antonio, Tex. : Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, 2010.

PN2091 .S8 B6755 2010

Fraser, Neil.  Lighting and Sound.  Oxford [England]: Phaidon, 1988.

PN2091.E4 F7 1988

Gillette, J. Michael.  Theatrical Design and Production: an Introduction to Scene Design and Construction, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Makeup. 4th edition. Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield Pub. Co. 2000.

PN2085 .G5 2000

Gupta, Dipu. Theater design. Introduction to set design (video), 2017.

Holloway, John.  Illustrated Theatre Production Guide.  Burlington, MA: Focal Press/Elsevier, 2010.

Art PN2085 .H64 2010

Holt, Michael.  Stage Design and Properties.  Oxford [England]: Phaidon, 1988.

Art PN2091.S8 H65 1988

Keller, Max.  Light fantastic: the Art and Design of Stage Lighting.  Munich; New York: Prestel, c1999.

PN2091 .E4 K45 1999

Reid, Francis.  The Handbook of Stage Lighting. New York: Routledge, 2001.

PN2091 .E4 R4 2001

Sweet, Harvey.  Handbook of Scenery, Properties, and Lighting.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1989.

Art PN2091.S8 S86 1989 v.1 -2

Thessman, Lars-Åke. Time Here Becomes Space : Scenography / Lars-Åke Thessman. Stockholm: Art and Theory Publishing, 2018. 

PN2091.S8 T44 2018