Summer Texts for Decker
Fast Track 2006
Summary list of required Texts and Reading
Required Texts:
Designing With Light 4th Ed., 2003 J. Michael Gillette [ISBN 0767427335] Published by McGraw-Hill
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor’s Guide, John Barton, New York: Anchor Books (Random House), 2001
Stage Makeup 9th Edition, Richard Corson
Shakespeare’s Collected Works (including sonnets). Riverside or Harper Collins, edited by David Bevington, are recommended.
Speaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenburg; Palgrave Macmillan Publisher
Shakespeare’s Words: A Glossary and Language Companion by David and Ben Crystal (Penguin Books)
Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Arden editions
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Animal Crackers by George Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Tartuffe, Moliere; Richard Wilbur Version
The Country Wife Willaim Wycherley
The Way of the World William Congreve
The Relapse John Vanbrugh
The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Christopher Hampton; Samel French or Faber & Faber
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
Les Precieuses Ridicules (a one act) Moliere (The Precious Damsels
The Rover, Aphra Behn
(Note the recommended Texts listed on each Syllabus)
Materials:
Binder for Images of Light
Periodicals and other sources for Light Images assignments
Ben Nye makeup kit or equivalent as specified in syllabus (Contact Proffit to order)
2” Binder for Makeup Morgue
Mounting Paper for specified examples
Category dividers and markers
Periodicals and other sources for specific makeup morgue assignments
Makeup remover, hair tie backs and towels
Reading and advance Prep
Read before the classes the assignments in the makeup and lighting books
(Lighting is the first three weeks; makeup is the second three weeks)
Learn by heart: A sonnet by Shakespeare and a 14-20 piece of text in verse
Type the above to hand in and look up unfamiliar words.
Shakespeare Plays:
Comedy of Errors
The Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Note: Read carefully each syllabus. Note the recommended reading. It is to your advantage to read as suggested. See if you can get your school to purchase the required and recommended texts.
None of the texts will be ordered at the RU bookstore. Secure them on your own. If not available through your conventional on-line sources, check Drama Book Shop in New York.
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