Not all of these are specifically about the theatre but...
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A DIRECTOR PREPARES: Seven Essays on Art and the Theatre
Anne Bogart
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A wonderfully complex weaving of myth, history and travelogue into a tapestry of hallucinogenic richness. |
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ON THE ART OF THE No DRAMA: The Major Treatises of Zeami
Translated by J. Thomas Rimer and Yamazaki Masakazu
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An absolutely delightful, thought provoking novel. Bears reading and re-reading. Small volume with short chapters. There is no excuse for not reading it. |
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ARISTOTLE'S POETICS
With an introductory essay by Francis Fergusson
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Even if you're going to break the rules, it's important to know what the rules are. You |
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THE EMPTY SPACE
Peter Brook
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I read a NY Times Book Review of it and was interested. Haven't read it yet. |
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SIX MEMOS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM
Italo Calvino
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I am in the early stages of a project based on this story. It's a wonderful story and an interesting lesson on the nature of history. |
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THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES
Joseph Campbell
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A controversial book. I know people who love it and people who hate it. I like parts of it but can't decide what I feel about the entire thing. Interesting perspective on the nature of the human species, in any case. |
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CROWDS AND POWER
Elias Canetti
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WITCHES & JESUITS
Garry Wills
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HALF A CENTURY OF JAPANESE THEATRE: 1990s Part 1
Japan Playwrights Association
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TOWARDS A NEW THEATRE: The Lectures of Robert Edmond Jones
Robert Edmond Jones, Delbert Unruh
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THE THEATRE AND IT'S DOUBLE
Antonin Artaud
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ALTERNATIVE JAPANESE DRAMA: Ten Plays
Robert T. Rolf & John K. Gillespie
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THE END OF ACTING: A Radical View
Richard Hornby
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THE WAY OF ACTING: The Theatrical Writings of Tadashi Suzuki
Translated by J. Tomas Rimer
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