First Year Reading List - Drama Modules

We look forward to welcoming you to a Drama programme at Queen Mary University of London This is an indicative list of some advance reading that will prepare you for starting BA (Hons) Drama or any joint honour programme with Drama.

These are useful suggestions to help you prepare for your degree. None of them are compulsory. These books may also be useful during your first year, and throughout your entire degree.

Critical Studies

• Allain, Paul and Jen Harvie (eds). Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance 2^nd Addition (New York: Routledge, 2014).
• Campbell, Ali. The Theatre of The Oppressed in Practice Today: An Introduction to The Work and Principles of Augusto Boal (London: Methuen, 2019).
• Harvie, Jen. Theatre & the City (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
• Johnson, Dominic. Theatre & the Visual (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
• Kuppers, Petra. Theatre & Disability (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
• McAvinchey, Caoimhe. Theatre & Prison (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
• Ridout, Nicholas. Theatre & Ethics (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
• Young, Harvey. Theatre & Race (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Collections of Plays and Performance Texts

• Adebayo, Mojisola. Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One (London: Oberon Books, 2011).
• Adebayo, Mojisola. Mojisola Adebayo: Plays Two (London: Oberon Books, 2019).
• Fugard, Athol ed. by Dennis Walder. Township Plays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
• Deavere Smith, Anna. Notes From the Field (New York: Anchor, 2019).
• Sophocles, Antigone, trans. by Don Taylor (London: Methuen Drama, 2006).