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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