Online Resources
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Ausstage A comprehensive directory of theatrical productions in Australia
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AustraliaPlays.org Australian scripts. Students can get login to view scripts online. See your acting lecturer for details.
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Doollee the playwrights database of modern plays The free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, adapted or translated, into English since the production of Look Back in Anger in 1956.
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Playscripts.com Publisher and supplier
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Stageplays.com Publisher and supplier of playscripts
Available journals
ECU Library has subscriptions to a wide variety of journals. Articles from most of these journals can be found using ECU Library Search however some are listed below if you wish to access the journal directly.
- The Drama Review: TDRTDR provides scholarship on performances and their social, economic and political contexts. With an emphasis on the experimental, avant-garde, intercultural and interdisciplinary, it covers dance theatre, performance art, popular entertainment, media, sports, rituals and performance in politics and everyday life
- Contemporary Theatre Review
Contemporary Theatre Review is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre and performance studies. - Performance Research
Researching performance, anticipating tendencies, mapping practices, documenting processes, stimulating inquiry, performing research. - Australasian Drama Studies
Established in 1982, Australasian Drama Studies (ADS) is a fully peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles, interviews, and production casebooks on world theatre by Australasian and international scholars. - Studies in Theatre and Performance
Studies in Theatre and Performance provides a scholarly platform for academics to describe, critically reflect on, and theorise theatre and performance practices. - New Theatre Quarterly
New Theatre Quarterly provides a vital international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. - Theatre JournalDrawing contributions from noted practitioners and scholars, Theatre Journal features social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production.
- Comparative DramaComparative Drama is a scholarly journal devoted to studies international in spirit and interdisciplinary in scope.
- Modern DramaThe terms, "modern" and "drama," are the subject of continuing and fruitful debate, but the journal has been distinguished by the excellence of its close readings of both canonical and lesser known dramatic texts through a range of methodological perspectives.
Recommended Books for Acting
The Viewpoints Book by Publication Date: 2004
Theatre and Everyday Life by Publication Date: 1995
The Actor and the Target by Publication Date: 2013
Psychophysical Acting by Publication Date: 2008
Racing Against Time: The actor's handbook for film and television by Call Number: 791.4 CARPublication Date: 2006
From Word to Play : A Textual Handbook for Directors and Actors by Call Number: 792.028 BERPublication Date: 2008And then, you act: making art in an unpredictable world. by
Call Number: 792.028 BOGPublication Date: 2007
Creating a Character: A physical approach to acting. by Call Number: 792.028 YAKPublication Date: 2000
Year of the king : an actor's diary and sketchbook by Call Number: 792.028092 SHEPublication Date: 1992
About acting : (with a bit of name dropping and a few golden rules) by Call Number: 792.028 BARPublication Date: 1980Recommended by Vivian Munn
