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Design for Stage and Screen: General History & Theory of Theatre & Performance

General History of Theatre & Performance

◼ Barnet, Sylvan. Types of Drama: Plays and Contexts. New York: Longman, 2001. Call number: 808.2 TYP

◼ Canning, Charlotte and Thomas Postlewait (eds). Representing the Past: Essays in Performance and Historiography. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2010. eBook

◼ Carlson, Marvin. Performance: A Critical Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2004. Call number: 700.97309045 CAR

◼ Carlson, Marvin. The Haunted Stage: The Theatre as Memory Machine. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2003. Call number: 792.019 CAR

◼ Fischer-Lichte, Erika. A History of European Drama and Theatre. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Call number: 809.20094 FIS

◼ Fischer-Lichte, Erika. The Show and the Gaze of Theatre: A European Perspective. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. Call number: 792.01 FIS

◼ Hartnoll, Phyllis and Enock Brater. The Theatre: A Concise History. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Call number: 792.09 HAR

◼ McAuley, Gay. Space in Performance: Making Meaning in the Theatre. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. Call number: 792.025 MCA

◼ Rokem, Freddie. Performing History: Theatrical Representations of the Past in Contemporary Theatre. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000. eBook

◼ Rozik, Eli. The Roots of Theatre: Rethinking Ritual and Other Theories of Origin. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002. eBook

◼ Schechner, Richard. Performance Studies: An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Call number: 792.01 SCH

◼ Sofer, Andrew. The Stage Life of Props. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. eBook