THEORY

Find below the links to a preliminary selection of Theory. Most of these are open access, meaning you’ll have the freedom to download with no cost.

These are part of a hopefully growing archive, any other suggestions/reading desires can be added. Check the following tabs for scripts and media. Others are accessible with Hunter College’s Library ID. 

  • Taylor, Diana. “Scenes of Cognition: Performance and Conquest.” Theatre Journal (Washington, D.C.) 56.3 (2004): 353–372. Project Muse. @HUNTER LIBRARY
  • Case, Sue-Ellen. “Classic Drag: The Greek Creation of Female Parts.” Theatre Journal 37, no. 3 (1985): 317-27. @HUNTER LIBRARY
  • Carlson, Marvin. “The City as Theatre.” In Places of performance: the semiotics of theatre architecture. Ithaca, NY.:Cornell University, 1989.
  • Chen, Fan Pen. “Shadow Theaters of the World.” Asian Folklore Studies 62, no. 1 (2003): 25-64. @HUNTER LIBRARY
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  • Aristotle, The Poetics.
  • Horace. The Art of Poetry.
  • Bharata, Na¯ t.yas´astra.

Excerpts of some of these and other theories on theatre can be read in Theatre Theory Theatre, edited by Gerould, Daniel C.  @Hunter Library