Plays 

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury 

Please do some research on this and there is a version on Youtube that you should watch.  

Taking it further..... 

Theatre in Practice: A Student's Handbook by Nick O’Brien, Routledge (2012) 

 

Stanislavski 

An Actor Prepares by Stanislavski (translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood), Methuen (2008) 

Stanislavski: An Introduction by Jean Benedetti, Methuen (1982) 

The Complete Stanislavski Toolkit by Bella Merlin, Nick Hern Books (2007) 

Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students by Nick O’Brien, Routledge (2010) 

 

Brecht 

The Complete Brecht Toolkit by Stephen Unwin, Nick Hern Books (Due to be published October 2013) 

The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht by John Willett, Methuen (1977) 

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht edited by Peter Thomson and Glendyr Sacks, Cambridge University Press (1994) 

 

To watch: 

Theater of War by John Walter.  A documentary about Bertolt Brecht and Mother Courage.  

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury.  This will be your Component 3 written exam text.