Cheryl E. Merritt
Barker, Clive.
Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training.
Great Britain: Metheun London Ltd., 1983.
This is a detailed system of playing various games.
Canfield, Curtis.
The Craft of Play Directing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1963.
Teacher/directors will find this book is a tool toward developing techniques and methods to obtain certain effects.
Chekov, Michael.
To the Actor On the Technique of Acting.
New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1953.
This book will help teacher/directors teach actors to practice techniques of acting.
Dorcy, Jean.
The Mime.
New York: Robert Speller and Sons, Publishers, Inc., 1961.
Although this book is designed for adults, the teacher/director could find the background knowledge about Mime used in role play and drama rehearsals.
Hodgson, John and Ernest Richards.
Improvisation.
London: Methuen London Ltd., 1983.
Teachers will find the best qualities needed for the best acting and lessons concerned with real education in this book.
Spolin, Viola.
Theatre Games For the Classroom:
A Teacher’s Handbook. Grades 4-6.
Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1986.
This book is useful as a basis for theater training. Teacher/directors can free the students of mechanical stage behavior. Detailed workshop programs are provided for teacher use.
Way, Brian.
Development Through Drama.
New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1973.
The practical experiences of drama with young people will help teachers use drama as an educational tool.
