Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Yale School of Drama: First Year Actors Reading List 2010-2011

Something I was in search for and posting it here as a reference:

The first semester will deal with the works of 20th and 21st century American writers.  The second semester will focus on the works of Chekhov and Ibsen.  The following list of American writers is representative of the texts you will be using, but not limited to these particular texts.

Tony Kushner                    Angels in America, Parts 1 and 2
Suzan-Lori Parks              In the Blood
Lynn Nottage                   Crumbs from the Table of Joy
                                       Intimate Apparel
Eugene O'Neill                 Anna Christie
                                       Desire Under the Elms
                                       Long Day's Journey Into Night
Paula Vogel                      How I Learned to Drive
Tennessee Williams           Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
                                       Summer and Smoke
                                       Streetcar Named Desire
August Wilson                  The Piano Lesson
                                       Seven Guitars

Anton Chekhov (translations by Carol Rocamora or Stark Young)
The Sea Gull
The Cherry Orchard
Three Sisters
Uncle Vanya

Henrik Ibsen (translations by Rolf Fjelde)
A Doll's House
Hedda Gabler
An Enemy of the People

Some recommendations for further reading:

Jean Benedetti, Stanislavski: An Introduction
Richard Gilman, Chekhov's Plays: An Opening into Eternity
Henri Troyat, Daily Life in Russia Under the Tsar
Richard Boleslavsky, Acting: The First Six Lessons
Peter Brook, The Empty Space
Michael Chekhov, To the Actor
Uta Hagen, A Challenge for the Actor
The Vocal Vision, ed. Hampton, Applause Books, NY, 1997, articles by:
      Fitzmaurice, Catherine, "Breathing is Meaning"
      Knight, Dudley,, "Standard Speech-The Ongoing Debate"
Kristin Linklater, Freeing the Natural Voice (introduction) 

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