Theatre

The stage comes alive through masterful guides to acting, directing, and voice work alongside timeless dramatic works that have shaped theatrical arts through the centuries. Here you'll find essential resources for performers and theatre-makers, from Shakespearean masterpieces to modern classics, alongside expert instruction in technique, character development, and stagecraft.

Theatre Book Summaries

Waiting for Godot Summary

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages

Antigone Summary

by Sophocles 80 pages

Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary

Der Besuch der alten Dame

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages

Look Back in Anger Summary

Look Back in Anger

by John Osborne 1956 96 pages

Mother Courage and Her Children Summary

Mother Courage and Her Children

by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages

Freeing the Natural Voice Summary

Freeing the Natural Voice

by Kristin Linklater 1976 211 pages

Directing Actors Summary

Directing Actors

Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television

by Judith Weston 1996 314 pages

All My Sons Summary

by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages

The Tempest Summary

by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages

Tartuffe Summary

by Molière 1664 180 pages

Twelve Angry Men Summary

Twelve Angry Men

by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages

Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone 1979 208 pages

A Doll's House Summary

by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages

The Intent to Live Summary

The Intent to Live

Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

by Larry Moss 2004 368 pages

An Actor Prepares Summary

An Actor Prepares

by Constantin Stanislavski 1936 320 pages

Pygmalion Summary

by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages

Historical Fiction

Improvise. Summary

Scene from the Inside Out

by Mick Napier 2004 144 pages

Death of a Salesman Summary

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages

The Cherry Orchard Summary

The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages

The Art of Acting Summary

The Art of Acting

by Stella Adler 2000 288 pages

King Lear Summary

by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages

The Wild Duck Summary

by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages

Respect for Acting Summary

Respect for Acting

by Uta Hagen 1973 227 pages

The Merchant of Venice Summary

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages

Bodas de sangre Summary

Bodas de sangre

by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages

Spanish Literature

Shakespeare's Freedom Summary

Shakespeare's Freedom

by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 160 pages

Literary Criticism

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character Summary

The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

by William Esper 2014 306 pages

Othello Summary

by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays Summary

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays

by Tennessee Williams 1955 329 pages

Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary

Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages

The Art of Voice Acting Summary

The Art of Voice Acting

The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over

by James R. Alburger 1998 360 pages

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

by August Wilson 1984 111 pages

Historical Fiction

The Taming of the Shrew Summary

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare 1593 291 pages

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages

Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary

Caligula and Three Other Plays

by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages

Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary

Long Day’s Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages

Sanford Meisner on Acting Summary

Sanford Meisner on Acting

by Sanford Meisner 1987 250 pages

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life Summary

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

by Richard Schoch 2024 304 pages

The God of Carnage Summary

The God of Carnage

by Yasmina Reza 2007 80 pages

Grief Lessons Summary

Four Plays by Euripides

by Anne Carson 312 pages

Don Juan Summary

by Molière 1665 146 pages

The Real Thing Summary

by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages

Audition Summary

Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part

by Michael Shurtleff 1978 288 pages

Cyrano de Bergerac Summary

Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages

And Then There Were None Summary

And Then There Were None

A Mystery Play in Three Acts

by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages

Agatha Christie

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