Library Research for Introduction to Acting

Drama 010: Introduction to Acting
Professor Monica White Ndounou, Spring 2008

Library Research Sources & Strategies
Prepared by Chao Chen, Reference Librarian at Tisch Library

Terms & Concepts · Monologues & Scenes; Acting Techniques · Theater Reviews & Drama Criticism

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Terms & Concepts
*The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance* *Drama Dictionary* (Ref. PN1625 .H6) Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis (Ref. PN2035 .P313 1998 )

Monologues & Scenes—in the Library Catalog: http://library.tufts.edu/
Start with a Subject browse in the Catalog		A keyword search for a more focused result su: searches for subject indexing terms:


There are 298 items under 60 sub-topics		Select search results:

Play Index (On the Tisch Library Website, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select Databases and Articles) Citations to over 30,000 plays written or translated into English, from Antiquity to the present, published in collections since 1949.

Start with a keyword search: monologues and scenes in the Catalog
Modern American scenes for student actors Stacks: PN2080 .M6 1978 The Scenebook for actors: great monologs & dialogs from contemporary & classical theatre Stacks: PN2080 .S23 1990		The ultimate audition book: 222 monologues, 2 minutes and under stacks: PN2080 .U48 1997 Actor's guide to scenes, an index of 600 scenes from classical and modern plays Ref. Z5781 .G78

3. Handbooks and Manuals—Acting Techniques Apply the above search methods and look for books on acting techniques and exercises in the Catalog. Start with the following subject indexing terms: acting acting auditions method acting
Encyclopedia of acting techniques: illustrated instruction, examples and advice for improving acting techniques and stage presence - from tragedy to comedy, epic to farce Stacks: PN2065 .P47 1997 Play acting: thirty-two theatre workshop activities that create performance stacks: PN2062 .D59 2005 Acting: a handbook of the Stanislavski method stacks: PN2065 .C6 1983 The joy of acting: a primer for actors stacks: PN2061 .J55 1990 A Practical handbook for the actor stacks: PN2062 .P73 1986 Training of the American actor stacks: PN2062 .T73 2006 Active acting: exercises and improvisations leading to performance stacks: PN2061 .A22 1987 Theater games for the lone actor stacks: PN2071.I5 S63 2001			Truth in comedy: the manual for improvisation stacks: PN2071.I5 H26 1993 Coming to terms with acting: an instructive glossary stacks: PN2061 .M67 1993 Breathing, movement, exploration stacks: PN2071.B74 S45 2001 Masterclass: the actor's audition manual : men stacks: PN2071.A92 C24 1999 Masterclass: the actor's audition manual, women stacks: PN2071.A92 C25 1999 An audition handbook for student actors stacks: PN2071.A92 E45 1986 Letters to a young actor: a universal guide to performance stacks: PN2055 .B78 2005

Critics' Reviews in Newspapers and Popular Magazines (On the Tisch Library Website, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select Databases and Articles)
Print Sources *New York Theatre Critics' Reviews* (Ref. PN1601 .N4) Complete reviews from popular media sources from 1944 to 1994. Continued by *National Theatre Critics Reviews* (Ref. PN 2000 .N3). Tip: Use the Year End Index, either in the front or in the back page in the binder. *Theatre Record 1985-* (Bound Periodicals PN2596 .L6 L66) Presents cast and production details for London’s West End and fringe shows, and reviews from many British daily and weekly drama critics.		Online Sources Lexis-Nexis International Index to the Performing Arts

Drama Criticism in Scholarly Journals (On the Tisch Library Website, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select Databases and Articles)
*Expanded Academic ASAP,1980- This multidisciplinary database includes articles from scholarly journals as well as general-interest magazines, and some newspapers. Project Muse* and JSTOR Search examples These are two digital collections of core journals in many disciplines. While Project Muse offers more recent issues, JSTOR has more earlier issues.	*MLA International Bibliography* 1963- Search examples An international index to books and journals on the modern languages and literatures, including linguistics and folklore. International Index to the Performing Arts Search examples Indexes more than 200 scholarly and popular periodicals in dance, theater, film, and television, from 1998 to the present, with expanding retrospective coverage of some titles. Finding the full text.