Saturday, June 13, 2009

Bibliography

Bibliography/Works Cited
Bellinger, Martha F. "The Commedia Dell' Arte." Theatre History. 10 June 2009. More information on the Commedia Dell' Arte and their travels. Good source on comic relief, and the subjects most frequently played my the proffesional actors and actresses.

Edwin., Wilson,. Living theatre a history. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. This was my main source for the study guide and brochere. The majority of my information searches began from information I learned from this book. I focused on pages 1 through 224. The section on Kabuki theatre and Commedia Dell' Arte were the most helpfull.

"Isabella Andreini." Encyclopedia Brittanica. 10 June 2009. More history and background information on Isabella than is given in the course text. Included a picture and information on her legacy, poem, and plays.

Lewis, Fredric. "Kabuki." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2002. This gave me details on women in Kabuki theatre as well as the changes that have been made from the original form of Kabuki to Modern Kabuki

Neil, Grant,. History of theatre. London: Hamlyn, Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Pub., 2002. This book gives a basic one or two page summary of the events in classical theatre. It was a very good source of photographs and pictures however, and did give me some excellent starts on Kabuki theatre and Greek theatre.

Sophocles. Sophokles the complete plays. Hanover, NH: Smith and Kraus, 2000. Although I didn't read all of the information in this book, the preface on Sophokles and his work gave me a few insights on how Greek theatre worked as well as a new perspective on Tragedy. It was helpfull as a reference for Aristotle's Six Elements.

Stenudd, Stefan. "Aristotles Lyceum." Stenudd.com. Autumn 2003. 10 June 2009. This information was invaluable for my study guide concerning the Lyceum and Aristotle.

"Theatre of Dionysus." Mlahanas. 9 June 2009. Gave a perfect diagram of how the theatre was laid out. Good information on the holding capacity of the theatre and the city of dionysus festival.

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