Beautiful Pageant: Theater and Film
A
Display and Reader’s Shelf
In the New Books Area at Meyer
Library Spring 2003
The Reference Department of Meyer Library continues its Readers’ Advisory Program & Displays during April with “Beautiful Pageant: Theater and Film”, a look at the rich resources on all aspects of theater and film in the Meyer Library collections. SMSU is located in an area of high interest in entertainment and theater and has a long-standing history of excellence in its Theatre program with several notable alums that have become famous in theater and film. We invite our readers into the New Books Area of Meyer Library to explore and wonder, to skim and scan, and to discover those intellectual nuances and large ideas provided so well by the book. From S.E Wilmer’s notable Theatre, Society, and the Nation: Staging American Identities which looks at how ‘Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity…”, to materials highlighting Oscar Micheaux, such as Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences which traces the life and work of one of the most influential and prolific figures in African American silent cinema, the SMSU Libraries collections offer opportunities for cultivation of the mind in these fascinating areas. The display and bibliography provide selected books, articles, and video resources available from your academic library, SMSU Libraries!
Selected Books
on Theater and Film in the Meyer Library Collection
PLAYS and THEATRE CRITICISM,
HISTORY, STAGECRAFT, AND PRODUCTION
THE
ACTOR'S ART : CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN STAGE PERFORMERS
/ EDITED BY JACKSON R. BRYER AND RICHARD A. DAVISON.
PN2285
.A23 2001.
Adler,
Steven, 1953-
ROUGH
MAGIC : MAKING THEATRE AT THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY / STEVEN
ADLER
; WITH A FOREWORD BY CHRIS PARRY.
PN2596.S82
R682 2001.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PERFORMANCE AND THEATER HISTORY : A CRITICAL READER /
EDITED
BY HARRY J. ELAM, JR., DAVID KRASNER.
PN2270.A35
A46 2001.
Alburger,
James R., 1950-
THE
ART OF VOICE ACTING : THE CRAFT AND BUSINESS OF PERFORMING FOR VOICE-
OVER / JAMES R. ALBURGER.
PROOF
: A PLAY / BY DAVID AUBURN.
PS3551.U28
P7 2001.
Bentley,
Toni.
SISTERS
OF SALOME / TONI BENTLEY.
GV1785.A1
B47 2002.
Berkoff,
Steven.
THE
SECRET LOVE LIFE OF OPHELIA / STEVEN BERKOFF.
THE
BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS.
PN6112
.R49.
Bloom,
Michael, 1950-
THINKING
LIKE A DIRECTOR, A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK / MICHAEL BLOOM.
Bordman,
Gerald Martin.
AMERICAN
MUSICAL THEATRE : A CHRONICLE / GERALD BORDMAN.
ML1711
.B67 2001.
Carlson,
Marvin A., 1935-
THE
HAUNTED STAGE : THE THEATRE AS MEMORY MACHINE / MARVIN CARLSON.
PN2071.P78
C37 2001.
Catron,
Louis E.
THEATRE
SOURCES DOT COM : A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ONLINE THEATRE AND DANCE
RESOURCES
/ LOUIS E. CATRON.
PN2052
.C38 2001.
Cibber,
Colley.
THE
PLAYS OF COLLEY CIBBER, Vol. 1 / EDITED BY TIMOTHY J. VIATOR AND WILLIAM
J. BURLING. Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;
PR3347
.A6 2000 v.1
Cohen,
Leah Hager.
THE
STUFF OF DREAMS : BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THEATER
/ LEAH HAGER COHEN.
PN2297.A77
C64 2001.
CONTEMPORARY
GERMAN PLAYS / EDITED BY MARGARET HERZFELD-SANDER.
PT1258
.C66 2001.
COOTIE
SHOTS : THEATRICAL INOCULATIONS AGAINST BIGOTRY FOR KIDS, PARENTS, AND
TEACHERS : PLAYS, POEMS & SONGS / NORMA BOWLES, EDITOR & MARK
E. ROSENTHAL, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.New York : Theatre Communications Group
;
PS625.5
.C66 2001.
De
Jongh, Nicholas, 1944-
POLITICS,
PRUDERY & PERVERSIONS : THE CENSORING OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, 1901-
1968 / NICHOLAS DE JONGH.
PN2044.G6
D45 2000.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
WOMEN DRAMATISTS / EDITED BY MELINDA C. FINBERG.
PR1269
.E358 2001.
Fisher,
J. (James).
THE
THEATER OF TONY KUSHNER : LIVING PAST HOPE / JAMES FISHER.
PS3561.U778
Z64 2001.
FIVE
PLAYS IN TRANSLATION FROM MEXICAN CONTEMPORARY THEATER : A NEW GOLDEN
AGE / EDITED BY
PQ7271.E5
S58 2001.
Fleming,
STOPPARD'S
THEATRE : FINDING ORDER AMID CHAOS / BY JOHN FLEMING.
PR6069.T6
Z648 2001.
Fredericks,
Anthony D.
READERS
THEATRE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY / ANTHONY D. FREDERICKS.
PN2081.R4
F744 2001.
Ganzl,
Kurt.
GV1785.T47
G36 2002.
Glancy,
Diane.
AMERICAN
GYPSY : SIX NATIVE AMERICAN PLAYS / DIANE GLANCY.
PS3557.L294
A84 2002.
Greer,
Germaine, 1939-
LYSISTRATA
: THE SEX STRIKE : AFTER ARISTOPHANES / GERMAINE GREER ; ADAPTED FOR
PERFORMANCE WITH ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE BY PHIL WILLMOTT.
Gressler,
Thomas H., 1938-
THEATRE
AS THE ESSENTIAL LIBERAL ART IN THE
Grippo,
Charles.
THE
STAGE PRODUCER'S BUSINESS AND LEGAL GUIDE / BY CHARLES GRIPPO.
PN2053
.G696 2002.
KABUKI
PLAYS ON STAGE / EDITED BY JAMES R. BRANDON AND SAMUEL L. LEITER.
PL782.E5
K36 2002 vol.2.
Kaufman,
Moises.
THE
LARAMIE PROJECT / BY MOISES KAUFMAN AND THE MEMBERS OF TECTONIC THEATRE
PROJECT ; HEAD WRITER, LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI ; ASSOCIATE WRITERS, STEPHEN
BELBER, GREG PIEROTTI, STEPHEN WANGH ; DRAMATURGS, AMANDA GRONICH ...
[ET AL.].
PR6061.A83
L37 2001.
Kozlowski,
Rob.
THE
ART OF
KOZLOWSKI.Portsmouth,
NH : Heinemann, c2002.
PN2071.I5
K69 2002.
Kushner,
Tony.
HOMEBODY/KABUL
/ TONY KUSHNER ; WITH AN AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR.
PS3561.U778
H66 2002.
LEARNING
TO TEACH DRAMA : A CASE NARRATIVE APPROACH / EDITED BY JOE NORRIS, LAURA
A. MCCAMMON, AND CAROLE S. MILLER.
PN1701
.L43 2000.
Lemack,
Brad.
THE
BUSINESS OF ACTING : LEARN THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO BUILD THE CAREER YOU
WANT / BRAD LEMACK ; [FOREWORD BY ISABEL SANFORD].Los
PN2055
.L46 2002.
Mann,
Abby.
JUDGMENT
AT
PS3563.A534
J83 2002.
Margulies,
Donald.
PS3563.A653
L86 2002.
Martin,
Steve, 1945-
THE
UNDERPANTS : A PLAY BY CARL STERNHEIM / ADAPTION BY STEVE MARTIN.
MODERN
AFRICAN DRAMA : BACKGROUNDS AND CRITICISM / EDITED BY BIODUN JEYIFO.
PR9347
.M63 2001.
MODERN
WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS OF
PN6119.8
.M65 2001.
Moraga,
THE
HUNGRY WOMAN / CHERRIE L. MORAGA ; AFTERWORD BY IRMA MAYORGA.
Mulcahy,
Lisa.
BUILDING
THE SUCCESSFUL THEATER COMPANY / LISA MULCAHY.
PN2297.A2
M85 2002.
Osnes,
Beth.
ACTING
: AN INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA / BETH OSNES ; SAM GILL, CONSULTING
EDITOR.Santa Barbara, California ; Denver Colorado : ABC-CLIO, c2001.
PN2035
.O84 2001.
PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS : AN INTRODUCTORY COURSEBOOK / EDITED BY COLIN
COUNSELL
AND LAURIE WOLF.
PN1590.P4
P47 2001.
PINTER
AT 70 : A CASEBOOOK / EDITED BY LOIS GORDON.
PR6066.I53
Z6664 2001.
POLITICAL
STAGES : PLAYS THAT SHAPED A CENTURY / EDITED BY EMILY MANN AND DAVID
ROESSEL.
PS627.P65
P65 2002.
THE
QUEEREST ART : ESSAYS ON LESBIAN AND
SOLOMON
AND FRAMJI MINWALLA.
PN2270.G39
Q44 2002.
Rivera,
Jose, 1955-
REFERENCES
TO
PS3568.I8294
R44 2001.
ROARING
GIRL AND OTHER CITY COMEDIES / EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES
KNOWLES ; NOTES AND GLOSSARY BY EUGENE GIDDENS.
PR1265.5
.R63 2001.
Rose,
Philip, 1921-
YOU
CAN'T DO THAT ON BROADWAY! : A RAISIN IN THE SUN AND OTHER THEATRICAL
IMPROBABILITIES : A MEMOIR / BY PHILIP ROSE.
PN2287.R757
A3 2001.
Shepard,
Sam, 1943-
PLAYS.
SELECTIONS. THE LATE HENRY MOSS ; EYES FOR CONSUELA ; WHEN THE WORLD
WAS GREEN : THREE PLAYS / SAM SHEPARD.New York : Vintage Books, 2002.
PS3569.H394
L37 2002.
Stickland,
MIDLIFE
/ EUGENE STICKLAND.
PR9199.3.S797
M53 2002.
THEATRE
UNDER THE NAZIS / EDITED BY JOHN
Distributed
exclusively in the
PN2654
.T56 2000
THE
TONY AWARD : A COMPLETE LISTING OF WINNERS AND NOMINEES OF THE AMERICAN
THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD WITH A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING
/ EDITED BY ISABELLE STEVENSON AND ROY A. SOMLYO.
PN2270.A93
T6 2001.
Wasserstein,
Wendy.
OLD
MONEY / WENDY WASSERSTEIN.
PS3573.A798
O43 2002.
Wikander,
Matthew H.
FANGS
OF MALICE : HYPOCRISY, SINCERITY, & ACTING / MATTHEW H. WIKANDER.
PN2058
.W54 2002.
Wilmer,
S. E.
THEATRE,
SOCIETY AND THE NATION : STAGING AMERICAN IDENTITIES / S.E.
WILMER.
PN2226
.W48 2002.
WOMEN
IN AMERICAN THEATRE / EDITED BY HELEN KRICH CHINOY AND LINDA WALSH JENKINS.
PN2286.8
.W66 2000.
Zimmerman,
Mary.
METAMORPHOSES
: A PLAY / MARY ZIMMERMAN.
PS3576.I66
M47 2002.
Zinn,
Howard, 1922-
EMMA
: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS ABOUT EMMA GOLDMAN, AN AMERICAN ANARCHIST / BY
HOWARD ZINN.
PS3576.I538
E46 2002.
Selected Videos
BLACK
THEATRE [VIDEORECORDING]: THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT / WRITTEN, PRODUCED
& DIRECTED BY WOODIE KING, JR. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel,
[1995?], c1978. VIDEO CASSETTE N4418
CATS
[VIDEORECORDING] / MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
THE
HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA [VIDEORECORDING] / BY FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA
VIDEO
CASSETTE N6431
MACBETH
[VIDEORECORDING] / BY WILIAM SHAKESPEARE. VIDEO CASSETTE N4605, N4606
NIGHTWALK
[VIDEORECORDING] / A COLLECTIVE WORK BY THE OPEN THEATRE; CONTRIBUTING
WRITERS, JEAN-CLAUDE VAN ITALLIE, SAM SHEPARD, MEGAN TERRY.
THE
ORESTEIA [VIDEORECORDING] : THE TRILOGY / BY AESCHYLUS.
RADIO
DRAMA [VIDEORECORDING] / WITH SHAUN MAC LOUGHLIN.
A RAISIN
IN THE SUN [VIDEORECORDING].
UBU-ROI
[VIDEORECORDING]
VIDEO
CASSETTE N8204
WORKING
IN THE THEATRE (AMERICAN THEATRE WING SEMINARS) [VIDEORECORDING]
Selected Articles
& Information from Periodicals and Databases
From the Gale
Group Discovering Collection @ SMSU
Libraries
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enter the database and try entering the exact title cited into the ‘Enter
A Subject:” search box at the top.
AFRICAN
GROVE THEATRE. DISCovering Multicultural
ASIAN
AMERICAN ACTOR AND THEATRE PIONEER, MAKO. (1933-) DISCovering Multicultural
CUTAWAY
VIEW OF AN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE. EXPLORING Shakespeare. Accessed
DRAMA
IN THE 1900S, 1900-1909. DISCovering
RADICAL
MUSICAL HAIR OPENS ON BROADWAY,
MINSTREL
PERFORMANCE POSTER. UXL Multicultural. Accessed
ROYAL
NATIONAL THEATRE EXTABLISHED IN
SINISE,
MICE AND MEN. UXL Biographies. Accessed
THEATER
CULTURE (1815-1850). American Eras. 8 vols. Gale Research, 1997-1998.
DISCovering Collection. Accessed
VIEW
OF
From the ABC-CLIO,
Baker,
Paula Eisenstein. LEO ZEITLIN'S MUSICAL WORKS ON JEWISH THEMES FOR
Butters,
Gerald R., Jr. FROM
Cameron,
Ardis. WHEN STRANGERS BRING CAMERAS: THE POETICS AND
POLITICS
OF OTHERED PLACES. American Quarterly 2002 54(3): 411-435.
Carmichael,
Deborah.
Cohen-Cruz,
Jan. A HYPHENATED FIELD: COMMUNITY-BASED THEATRE IN THE
Delgado,
Maria M. "MAKING THEATRE, MAKING A SOCIETY": AN INTRODUCTION
TO THE WORK OF PETER SELLARS. New Theatre Quarterly [
Goodheart,
Lawrence B. REMEMBERING THE AMISTAD: ARTIFACTS, ABOLITIONISTS, AND AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
Harper,
Howard. THE MILITARY AND SOCIETY: REACHING AND REFLECTING AUDIENCES
IN FICTION AND FILM. Armed Forces & Society 2000 27(2): 231-248.
Hartman,
James B. ON STAGE: THEATRE AND THEATRES IN EARLY
Holt,
Jennifer.
Lorence,
James J. SALT OF THE EARTH AND FREE EXPRESSION: THE MINE-MILL
McGraw,
Eliza Russi Lowen. DRIVING MISS DAISY: SOUTHERN JEWISHNESS ON THE BIG
SCREEN. Southern Cultures 2001 7(2): 41-59.
Rogin,
Michael; Moran, Kathleen, commentary. HOW THE WORKING CLASS SAVED CAPITALISM:
THE NEW LABOR HISTORY AND THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES. Journal of American
History 2002 89(1): 87-114.
Schoelwer,
Susan P. THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S TREASURY GUARD FLAG: SILENT
WITNESS TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.
Whitfield,
Stephen J. SEX AND THE SINGLE DECADE. American Literary History 2000
12(4): 771-779.
From the ABC-CLIO,
Historical Abstracts @ SMSU Libraries
Doremus,
Anne. SOCIAL CONTROL IN "GOLDEN AGE" MEXICAN FILM: THE REVOLUTIONARY
MELODRAMA AND THE COMEDIA RANCHERA. Studies in Latin American Popular
Culture 2001 20:117-134.
Gundle,
Stephen.
Hayward,
Susan. SIMONE SIGNORET (1921-1985): THE BODY POLITICAL.
Women's
Studies International Forum 2000 23(6): 739-747.
McPherson,
Heather. MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, AND THE TRAGIC SUBLIME: REINVENTING
LADY MACBETH. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 2000 29: 299-333.
Peckham,
Robert Shannon and Michelakis, Pantelis.
Richmond,
Steven. "THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY": THE CENSORS
AND CENSORING OF SOVIET THEATER, 1923-1927. Russian History 2000 27(1):
1-56.
Rohmer,
Martin. FORM AS WEAPON: THE POLITICAL FUNCTION OF SONG IN URBAN ZIMBABWEAN
THEATRE. New Theatre Quarterly [
Display No. 4. April 2003 “Beautiful Pageant: Theater
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Meyer
Reference Department Reader’s Advisory Program
Project Group: Charlotte Dugan, Reference Collection
Resources Librarian, Betty Evans, Reference Services Librarian, Lynn
Cline, Head of Collections, Douglas Stehle, Head of Reference. Hanging display art & design by Teresa
Hollimon, Reference Student Assistant. Assistance in gathering books
for the display came from Andrea Williams, Sarah Lemons, and Seena Joseph,
our Reference Department Student Assistants. Signs done by Jeanne Stephens,
Graphic Designer, ITMS. Display playbills from Karen Horny, Dean of
Library Services. Special thanks for display items from SMSU Theatre
& Dance Department coordinated by Gloria Reed, Administrative Secretary,
Theatre & Dance.
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