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Acting: Historical and Professional

A Subject Guide for the School of Acting

Contemporary Plays

A selection of contemporary plays in the AAU Library collection.

The Altruists by Nicky Silver
Call Number: PS3569.I471 A75 2001
Publication Date: 2001
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Call Number: PS3561.U778 A85 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Art by Yasmina Reza; Christopher Hampton (Translator)
Call Number: PQ2678.E95 A8813 1996
Publication Date: 1997
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Call Number: PS3569.H3337 D68 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Call Number: PS3563.A4345 G56 1984
Publication Date: 1994
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Publication Date: 2000
Wit by Margaret Edson; M. Edson
Call Number: PS3555.D4845 W58 1999
Publication Date: 1999

Acting History, Theory and Criticism Books

Acting Power by Robert Cohen
Call Number: PN2061 .C58 2013
Publication Date: 2013
The Actors Studio by Shelly Frome
Call Number: PN2078.U62 N37 2005
Publication Date: 2005
A Method to Their Madness by Foster Hirsch
Call Number: PN2078.U62 N384 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Toward a General Theory of Acting by John Lutterbie
Call Number: PN2061 .L84 2011
Publication Date: 2014

Professional Aspects

And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World by Anne Bogart
Call Number: PN2058 .B58 2007
Publication Date: 2007
The Ultimate Audition Book by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor)
Call Number: PN2080 .U48 1997
Publication Date: 1997
You Can Work On-Camera! by John Leslie Wolfe; Brenna McDonough
Call Number: PN2055 .W63 1999
Publication Date: 1999

Acting Ebooks

Philosophical Actor [e-book] by Donna Soto-Morettini
Publication Date: 2010