This page gives you access to the influences of CITA and is an opportunity to go deeper into the knowledge of the rich river of sources we try to swim in daily. At your disposal : texts photographs and films.
(Unless otherwise stated, we do not own material on this page, and will do our best to reference all material accurately.)
Recommended Reading
Below is a list of books we have compiled that may assist students and teachers. We will do our best to keep this list as up to date as possible:
General Interest
Callow, Simon Being an Actor Methen, 1984
Dunmore, Simon An Actor’s Guide to Getting Work Methuen 1991
Fountain, Tim So You Want to be a Playwright? Nick Hern 2006
Littlewood, Joan Joan’s Book Methuen 1994
McGrath, John A Good Night Out Nick Hern 1996
Scales, P & West, T So You Want to be an Actor Nick Hern 2007
Sher, Antony Beside Myself Hutchinson 2001
Sierz, Aleks In-Yer-Face-Theatre Faber, 2001
Walter, Harriet Other People’s Shoes Nick Hern 1999
General Reference
Brown, John Russell Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre OUP 2001
Bett, Henry English Myths and Legends Dorset 1991
Bowker, John (ed.) Oxford Dictionary of World Religions OUP 1997
Drabble, Margaret (ed.) Oxford Companion to Literature OUP 1987
Drain, Richard (ed.) Twentieth Century Theatre: Sourcebook Routledge 1995
Fernandez-Arnesto, Felipe Ideas that Changed the World Dorling-Kindersley 2004
Goorney, Howard The Theatre Workshop Story Methuen 1981
Huxley, M & Witts, N (ed.) The Twentieth-Centure Performance Reader Routledge 1997
Palmer, Alan Dictionary of Twentieth-Century History Penguin 1990
Shapiro & Hendricks Dictionary of Mythologies Granada 1981
Trevelyan, G.M. A Shortened History of England Penguin 1987
Urson & Ree Concise Encyclopaedia of Western Philsophy Unwin 1991
Movement
Tufnell, Miranda. Body, Space, Image Virago Press, 1990
Cohen, Bonnie Bambridge. Sensing, Feeling and Action Contact Editions 1994
Brook, Peter. The Empty Space Penguin Books, 1977
Chekhov, Michael. On the Technique of Acting HarperPerennial. 1991
Hackney, Peggy. Making Connections Routledge, 2002
Bogart, Anne & Landau, Tina. The Viewpoints Book TCG 2006
Preston-Dunlop, Valerie. Making Dances Dance Books, 2002
Spier, Steven William Forsythe Routledge 2010
Vanda Sacravelli. Awakening of the Spine Harper Collins, 1991
Newlove, Jean Laban for Actors and Dancers Nick Hern 1993
Moshe Feldenkris Awareness Through Movement Harper Collins, 1990
Deane Juhan Job’s Body: A Handbook for Bodywork Station Hill Press 2003
Movement and Physical Skills
Allain, Paul The Art of Stillness: Suzuki Methuen 2002
Bratton, Jacky The Victorian Clown CUP 2006
Climenhaga Royd Pina Bausch Routledge 2008
Evans, Mark Jaques Copeau Routledge 2008
Fife, Bruce Creative Clowning Piccadilly 2003
Johnstone, Keith Impro for Storytellers Faber, 1999
Lecoq Jaques Theatre of Movement Routledge 2008
Lepage, Robert Connecting Flights Methuen 2000
Mcevenue, Kelly The Alexander Technique for Actors Methuen 2000
Murray Simon & Keefe, John Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction Routledge 2007
Wilsher Toby The Mask Handbook Routledge 2008
Wright, John Why is that so Funny? Nick Hern 2007
Aposhyan, Susan. Natural Intelligence Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
Callery, Dymphna. Through the Body Nick Hern 2005
Carter, Alexandra The Routledge Dance Studies Reader Routledge 2010
Chamberlain, Franc. Michael Chekhov Routledge, 2003
Bartenieff, Irmgard Body Movement: Coping with the Environment Gordon & Breach, 1980
Barton, Robert Style for Actors Routledge 2009
Dennis, Anne The Articulate Body Nick Hern 2002
Grotowski, Jerzy. Towards a Poor Theatre Simon & Shuster, 1968
Hodgson Mastering Movement Methuen 2001
Hutchinson Guest, Anne Labanotion Theatre Arts Books 2002
King, Nancy. Theatre Movement Drama Book Spec. 1971
Laban, Rudolf. The Mastery of Movement Macdonald & Evans, 1960
Lecoq, Jacques The Moving Body Methuen 2000
McCaw, Dick Laban Sourcebook Routledge 2010
Murray, Simon. Jacques Lecoq Routledge, 2003
North, Marion. Personality Assessment Through Movement Northcote House, 2001.
Olsen, Andrea. Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy University Press, 2004.
Parker, Steve. The Human Body: An Illustrated Guide Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Potter, Nicole, Edited by: Movement for Actors Allworth Press, 2002
Pisk, Litz The Actor and His Body Methuen 1975
Pitches, Jonathan. Vsevolod Meyerhold Routledge, 2003
Preston-Dunlop, V. & Sanchez-Colberg, A. Dance and the Performative Dance Books. 2002
Richards, Thomas. At work with Grotowski on Physical Actions Taylor & Francis 1995
Sloviak, James.Cuesta, Jairo. Jerzy Grotowski Routledge, 2007
Acting and Dramatic Theory
Alfreds, Mike Different Every Night Nick Hern 2007
Artaud, Antonin The Theatre and its Double Grove 2000
Barba, Eugenio Theatre: Solitude, Craft, Revolt European Contemp. 2003
Bartow Arthur Acting Techniques Nick Hern 2008
Boal, Augusto Games for Actors and Non-Actors Routledge 1997
Braun, Edward Meyhold: A Revolution in Theatre Methuen 1986
Brook, Peter The Empty Space Penguin 1968
Brook, Peter The Open Circle Faber & Faber 2003
Chekhov, Michael On the Technique of Acting Perennial 1991
Donnellan, Declan The Actor and the Target Nick Hern 2005
Dixon, Luke Play Acting Methuen 2004
Elsam, Paul Acting Characters Methuen 2007
Gillett, John Acting on impulse Methuen 2008
Hodge, Alison Twentieth Century Actor Training Routledge 2000
Johnston, Chris The Improvisation Game Nick Hern 2006
Marshall, Lorna and Oida, Yoshi An Actor’s Tricks Methuen 2007
Merlin, Bella The Complete Stanislavski Toolkit Nick Hern 2006
Mitter, Shomit Systems of Rehearsal Routledge 1992
Silverberg, Larry The Sanford Meisner Approach Smith and Kraus 1994
Stanislavski, Constantine An Actor Prepares Methuen 1980
Stanislavski, Constantine Building a Character Methuen 1979
Thomson, P & Sacks, G (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Brecht CUP 2006
Stage Fighting
Hobbs, William Techniques of the Stage Fight Studio Vista 1967
Morton, E.D Martini – A-Z of Fencing Macdonald Queen Anne 1988
Voice
Essential:
Berry, Cicely The Actor and the Text Virgin 1992
Carey, David & Clark Carey, Rebecca The Vocal Arts Workbook and DVD Methuen 2008
Houseman, Barbara Finding Your Voice Nick Hern 2002
Lessac, Arthur The Use and Training of the Human Voice Mayfield 1997
Linklater, Kristin Freeing the Natural Voice Drama Book 1976
Linklater, Kristin Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice Nick Hern 2010
Mc Callion, Michael The Voice Book Faber & Faber 1998
Recommended
Adrian, Barbara Actor Training the Laban Way Allworth Press 2008
Berry, Cicely From Word to Play Oberon 2002
Berry, Cicely The Text in Action Virgin 2001
Boston, Jane & Cook, Rena Breath in Action Jessica Kingsley 2009
Campo, Guiliano & Molik Zygmunt Zygmunt Molik’s Voice and Body Work Routledge 2010
Chun-Tao Cheng, Stephen Tao of Voice: A New East-West Approach to Inner Tradition Bear
Transforming the Singing & Speaking Voice1991
Farhi, Donna The Breathing Book Holt Paperback 1996
Gillett, John Acting on Impulse Methuen 2007
Hackney, Peggy Making Connections: Total Body IntegrationRoutledge 2002
Through Bartenieff Fundamentals
Houseman, Barbara Tackling Text and Subtext Nick Hern 2008
Kaiser, Scott Mastering Shakespeare Allworth Press 2003
Kaminoff, Leslie Yoga Anatomy Human Kinetics 2007
Linklater, Kristin Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice TCG 1992
Melton, Joan & Tom, Kenneth One Voice Heinemann 2003
Rodenburg, Patsy The Actor Speaks Methuen 1997
Rodenburg Patsy The Need for Words Methuen 2005
Rodenburg Patsy The Right to Speak Methuen 2005
Rowles Haydn Jan & Sharpe, Edda How to Do Accents Oberon 2007
Walsh, Valerie & Walsh, Marcia The Tao of Voice, The way of the Breath Perfect Paperback 2007
Production and Backstage
Boucher, Françoise A History of Costume in the West Thames & Hudson 1996
Goodman, J (ed.) British Theatre Design Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989
Pallin, Gail Stage Management Handbook Nick Hern 2003
Pilbrow, Richard Stage Lighting Design Nick Hern 2007
Swinfield, Rosemary Stage Make-Up – Step by Step A & C Black 1996