• DRAMATURGY IN SINGAPORE •
RESOURCE LIST
• Production Dramaturgy • During Rehearsal and Performance •
• Guiding the Artistic Direction of the Performance •
In guiding the artistic direction of the performance, the dramaturg needs to be informed of the different approaches to acting as well as directing concepts. Dramaturgs may conduct a simple search using the Singapore National Library Board (NLB) catalogue to obtain such information.
The selected books listed below offer information into the different approaches to acting
Benedetti, R. L. (1997). The Actor at Work. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. [English 792.028 BEN -[ART]]
Chinoy, H. K. (1995). Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors, Told in Their Own Words. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Callery, D. (2001). Through the Body : A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre. London and New York: Nick Hern Books; Routledge. [English 792.028 CAL -[ART]]
Chekhov, M. (2002). To The Actor. London: Routledge. [English 792.028 CHE -[ART]]
Chekhov, M. (1991). On The Technique of Acting. New York: HarperResource. [English 792.082 CHE -[ART]]
Cole, T. (1995). Acting: A Handbook of the Stanislavski method. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks. [English 792.028 ACT -[ART]]
Eldredge, Sears A. (1996). Mask Improvisation for Actor Training & Performance: The Compelling Image. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
Evans, C. (1992). Acting & Theatre. London: Usborne. [English 792.02 EVA-ART]
Harrop, J. (1992). Acting. London and New York: Routledge
Krasner, D. (2000). Method Acting Reconsidered : Theory, Practice, Future. New York: St. Martin's Press. [English 792.028 MET -[ART]]
Marshall, L. (2001). The Body Speaks. London: Methuen. [English 792.028 MAR -[ART]]
Nicola, J. B. (2002). Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to live performance. New York: Applause. [English 792.028 NIC -[ART]]
Oida, Y. (1997). The Invisible Actor. New York: Routledge. [English 792.028 OID]
Rodenburg, P. (2000). The Actor Speaks: Voice and The Performer. New York: St. Martin's Press. [English 792.028 ROD -[ART]]
Schotz, Al. (1998). Theatre Games and Beyond : A Creative Approach for Performer. Colorado Springs, Colo: Meriwether Pub. [English 792.028 SCH -[ART]]
Spolin, V. (2001). Theatre Games for The Lone Actor. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press. [English 792.028 SPO -[ART]]
Stanislavsky, K. (1999). Stanislavski's Legacy: A Collection of Comments on a variety of aspects of an Actor's art and life. New York: Routledge/Theatre Arts Books. [English 792.028 STA -[ART]]
Stanislavsky, K. (2002. An Actor Prepares. New York: Routledge/Theatre Arts Books. [English 792.028 STA -[ART]]
Stanislavsky, K. (2002). Building A Character. New York: Routledge/Theatre Arts Books. [English 792.028 STA -[ART]]
Wangh, S. (2000). An Acrobat of the Heart: Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by The Work of Jerzy Grotowski. New York: Vintage Books. [English 792.028 WAN -[ART]]
Zarrilli, P. (2002). Acting (re)considered: A Theoretical and Practical guide. London: Routledge.
Zarrilli, P. (1995). Acting (re)considered: Theories and Practices. London and New York: Routledge. [English 792.028 ACT]
Zinder, D. G. (2002).Body Voice Imagination: A Training For the Actor. New York: Routledge/Theatre Arts Books.
The books listed under this category provide good research material for the dramaturg in terms of acting and directing. The dramaturg can research, for instance, insights into the work of dramatists such as Boal, Brecht, Grotowski etc., as well as thoughts on directing work such as Beckett’s and Pinter’s.
Artaud, A. (1993). The Theatre and its Double. London: Calder. [English 792 ART -[ART]]
Barba, Eugenio. (1995). The Paper Canoe: A Guide to Theatre Anthropology. London and New York: Routledge. [English 792 BAR -[ART]]
Benedetti, J. (1998). Stanislavski and the Actor. New York: Routledge. [English 792.028 BEN -[ART]]
Boal, A. (1992). Games for Actors and Non-actors. London: Routledge. [English 792.028 BOA -[ART]]
Boal, A. (1995). The Rainbow of Desire: The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy. London: Routledge. [English 792.028 BOA -[ART]]
Bogart, A. (2001). A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre. London: Routledge. English [792.023 BOG -[ART]]
Braun, E. (1982). The Director and the Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski. New York: Holmes & Meier
Brecht, B. (1964). Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic. New York: Hill and Wang. [English 792 BRE -[ART]]
Brook, P. (1988). The Shifting Point: Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration 1946 - 1987. London: Methuen.
Brook, P. (1993). There are No Secrets: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre. London: Methuen. [English 792 BRO -[ART]]
Brook, P. (1999). Between Two Silences: Talking with Peter Brook. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press. [English 792.0233 BRO -[ART]]
Calabro, T. (1990). Bertolt Brecht’s Art of Dissemblance. Wakefield: Longwood Academic.
Gorchakov, N. M. (1994). Stanislavsky Directs. New York: Limelight Editions. [English 792.02330924 GOR -[ART]]
Grotowski, J. (1969). Towards a poor theatre. London: Methuen. [English 792.02 GRO -[ART]]
Jit, K. (2003). Krishen Jit: An Uncommon Position: Selected Writings. Singapore: Contemporary Asian Arts Centre, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts. [English 792.09595 JIT]
Jones, D. R. (1986). Great Directors at Work: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Kazan, Brook. Berkeley: University of California Press. [English 792.02330922 JON -[ART]]
Kuo, P. K et al. (2003). William Teo: His Work in Theatre. Singapore: Archipelago Press. [English 792.0233092 WIL]
Levin, I. (1992). Working on the Play and the Role: The Stanislavsky Method for Analyzing the Characters in a Drama. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee.
Levin, I. (2002). The Stanislavsky Secret: Not a System, Not a Method but a Way of Thinking. Colorado Springs: Meriwether. [English 792.028 LEV -[ART]]
Marowitz, C. (1986). Directing the Action: Acting and Directing in the Contemporary Theatre. New York: Applause Theatre Books. [English 792.0233 MAR- -[ART]]
Marowitz, C. (1999). The Other Way: An Alternative Approach to Acting and Directing. New York: Applause. [English 792.028 MAR -[ART]]
Merlin, B. (2001.) Beyond Stanislavsky: The Psycho-physical Approach to Actor Training. London: Nick Hern [English 792.028 MER -[ART]]
Mitter, S. (1992). Systems of Rehearsal: Stainislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook. London: Routledge. [English 792.028 MIT -[ART]]
Oppenheim, L. (ed.). (1994). Directing Beckett. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press. [English 792.95 DIR -[ART]]
Regal, M. S. (1996). Harold Pinter: A Question of Timing. London: Macmillan.
Richards, T. (1995). At Work with Grotowski on Physical Actions. London: Routledge. [English 792.0233092 RIC -[ART]]
Tatlow, A. and Wong, T. W. (1982). (Eds.). Brecht and East Asian Theatre: The Proceedings of a Conference on Brecht in East Asian Theatre. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Toporkov, V. O. (2001). Stanislavski in Rehearsal. London: Methuen [English 792.028092 TOP -[ART]]
Whitmore, J. (1994). Directing Postmodern Theater: Shaping Signification in Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. [English 792.014 WHI -[ART]]
Williams, D. (1991). Peter Brook: A Theatrical Casebook. London: Methuen Drama.
Wolford, L. and Schechner, R. (2001). (Eds.)The Grotowski Sourcebook. London: Routledge. [English 792.0233092 GRO -[ART]]
Yakim, M. (1990). Creating a Character: A Physical Approach to Acting. New York: Applause. [English 792.028 YAK -[ART]]