Cheney, Arnold B.
The Writing Corner
. Santa Monica, CA.: Goodyear Publishing Company, Inc., 1979.
This super teacher’s book on teaching writing has some useful suggestions for writing scripts.
Chilver, Peter.
Staging a School Play
. New York: Harper and Row, 1967.
Practical guidance for every step in production, along with help with projection, timing, and other problems with young actors.
Cohen, Robert.
Acting One
. University of California: Mayfield Press, 1984.
Good tips on memorization; some excellent beginning exercises and some sound principles to help beginners. Help with voice development as well.
Cohen, Robert, and Harrop, John.
Creative Play Direction
. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984.
A very complete depiction of the director’s job. Leaves you in awe of the task but contains a good deal of useful help on working with actors, in and out of the classroom.
Davidson, Basil.
African Kingdoms
. New York: Time-Life Books. Information on early Nile peoples. Handsome illustrations, good for reference for teachers and for students.
Hodgson, John, and Richards, Ernest.
Improvisation
. New York: Grove Press, 1974.
Very useful for developing concentration, building characterization, and moving from improvisation to play making.
Howard, Vernon.
Pantomimes, Charades, and Skits
. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
A charming, nicely organized book of games that develop group imagination. Many could be adapted to subject matter that you may want to teach.
Keller, Betty.
Improvisations in Creative Drama
. Colorado: Meriweather Publishing Ltd., 1988.
A veteran classroom drama teacher gives a curriculum with many improvisation activities, structured and non-structured.
Legat, Michael.
Putting on a Play
. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984.
May tell more about play production than you’ll ever want to know, but this one’s especially good at explaining the duties of production crews, stage positions, etc., which it is useful for students to learn.
Lewis, Mary Kane.
Acting for Children: A Primer
. New York: The John Day Company, 1969.
Clear, readable advice on improvisations, speech, stage positions, character development.
Peters, Joan, and Sutcliffe, Anna.
Making Costumes for School Plays
. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1971.
Suggestions for somewhat more elaborate costumes than the Braun-Rassmussen book listed here, but some very effective details, with lots of good pictures.
Rawson, Ruth.
Acting
. New York: Richards Rosen Press, Inc., 1970.
Useful for body movement, sense memory and emotion recall as techniques for actors.
Rycik, Mary Taylor. “A Playwriting Primer,”
Instructor Magazine
, Vol. No. 99 (April, 1990), 40-42.
Reduces process of classroom playwriting to simple steps.
Sanders, Sandra.
Creating Plays with Children
. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1970.
One of the Arrow Creative Classroom series, brief and practical, especially on the writing end of play creation with students.
Scott, Gerry D. III.
Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale
. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery.
A beautiful, carefully annotated collection of pictures, with provinces, of Yale’s extensive Egyptian collection. Helps sort out the various periods of Egyptian history.
Spolin, Viola.
Theater Games for Rehearsal
. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1985.
Lively, practical help with coaching actors, singly and in groups. Some wonderful games adaptable for classroom fun—and learning.
(no author listed) “A Walk Though King Tutankhamun’s Tomb”
Instructor Magazine
, Vol. LXXXVII (October, 1977) 54-61.
History of the Tut discovery with striking pictures and suggestions for related art projects. Shows a picture of the strategy game which several museums now carry.