Drama Resources
This page contains links to resources you might need for class or just find interesting. I am always trying to add to it, so if you find something you like, email it to me at gary.hicks@cobbk12.org, and I’ll check it out.
IMPROVISATION
Improvisation Encyclopedia: This is the best site I have found with everything from definitions to a long list of games and other resources. http://improvencyclopedia.org/index.html
Improv Games List: This is a link to a page with more than 60 improvisation activities and games: http://www.voylesfamily.ws/improv.html
MONOLOGUES
These links are offered only as research possibilities. I have not read every monologue on every site, so you must use good judgment in determining what is appropriate for the project you are working on and appropriate for school presentation. Many of these pages list each other, so you’ll have to hunt!
Theatre on a Shoe String: http://upstagereview.org/monologuesites.html
Playing After Dark: http://www.playingafterdark.com/
Monologues for Kids and Teens: http://www.ispgroupinc.com/monologues/monologues_for_kids_and_teens.htm
SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare’s Sonnets explained: http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/
Complete Works of Shakespeare: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE
La Commedia Dell’Arte: – This is the most thorough resource with lots of descriptions of characters and pictures: http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/commedia.html
Commedia Dell’Arte at TheatreHistroy.com: http://www.theatrehistory.com/italian
Ravenwood Masks – Lots of pictures of Commedia Masks: http://www.ravenwoodmasks.com/theater-masks/index.html
MUSICAL THEATER
Click here to download the worksheet that accompanies Episodes of Broadway: The American Musical Theatre
GREEK THEATER
Ancient Greece for Kids – This site provides quick references and lots of additional links. It covers most aspects of Greek history and culture, but it does not go into depth. It is a good starting point: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm
Ancient Greek Theater - Includes a timeline, outlines of major plays, origins, and notes on stagecraft. http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/Theater.html
Antigone – Electronic Text Version: This site contains the entire text of Antigone but in a different translation. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0186
Didaskalia – Introduction to Greek Stagecraft: An excellent overview of how the Greeks produced theatre with illustrations and drawings fot he stage area, makss, and other devices and techniques. http://www.didaskalia.net/studyarea/greekstagecraft.html
Theatre History – This is an encyclopedia site with detailed information on Sophocles, Greek Theatre History, and Antigone. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/sophocles.html
