Edward D. Cohen
Barker, Clive.
Theatre Games
. New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1977. Useful techniques for student warmups in the classroom.
Childress, Alice.
Black Scenes
. New York: Zenith Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. A paperback edition featuring scenes from Black playwrights which cam be performed in the classroom.
Cohn, Ruby.
New American Dramatists 1960-1980
. New York: Grove Press, 1982. A paperback giving biographies, surveys and analysis of new modern writers. Good for background on modern theater.
Courtney, Richard.
The Dramatic Curriculum.
New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1980. This text relates the teaching of drama to the entire school curriculum.
Hayman, Ronald.
How To Read A Play
. New York: Grove Press, 1977. A paperback text that helps the reader understand some of the technical aspects of play reading. Good background material.
Hill, Errol.
The Theater of Black Americans
. (Volumes 1,2) New York: Prentice-Hall, 1975. A collections of critical essays dealing with Black companies of players and audiences and critics of Black Theater.
King, Woodie and Milner, Ron.
Black Drama Anthology
. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1972. Twenty-three selections from a rich field of talented Black artists. Authors include: Elaine Jackson, Loften Mitchell, Langston Hughes, and Lorne Ellison.
Liss, Joseph.
Radio’s Best Plays.
New York: Greenberg Press, 1947. A collection of radio plays produced from 1937 to 1947. Includes scripts, sound effects, music cues and background material. Good classroom text for teaching short plays.
Macgowan, Kenneth and Melnitz, William with Armstrong, Gordon.
Golden
Ages of the Theater
. Englewood, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979. One of the best up-to-date short histories of the theater. Covers the Greeks and Romans, Medieval theater, Renaissance theater in Italy, Spain’s Golden Age, Baroque theater in France, Elizabeth I’s theater of England and modern theater. Excellent source material.
McCaslin, Nellie.
Creative Dramatics in the Classroom.
New York: David McKay Co, Inc., 1968. A text concerned with new dimensions for learning, using creative dramatics. The book shows how creative dramatics can develop confidence and feelings of selfworth for students.
Mersand, Joseph.
Teaching the Drama in Secondary Schools
. Jersey City, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1969. A textbook detailing the history of teaching drama in secondary schools. The last half of the text giving details on how to teach the one-act play.
Paterson, Lindsay.
Black Theater
. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1971. A collection of scenes from plays by Black playwrights. Plays include
St. Louis Woman
,
Take A Giant Step
,
In Splendid Erron
,
Raisin
,
Purlie
,
The Dutchman
.
Redmond, James.
Themes In Drama
. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1979. A group of reviews and articles on the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods. Wide ranging articles about world wide theater. General information for teachers.
Stylan, J.L.
The Elements of Drama
. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1960. A text dealing with an introduction to the drama, singling out and discussing its various elements with quotes from many plays. Good background material for teachers.
Vaughn, Jack.
Drama A To Z A Handbook
. New York: Frederick Unger Pub. Co., 1978. A general reference tool and a good source of information with 500 alphabetical listings of articles defining and discussing words and phrases commonly found in writings on the drama.
Way, Brian.
Development Through Drama
. Clifton, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1967. A how-to-do book on using drama with young people. Good teacher’s aid book.