1 Reading List for PhD Candidates in English English and American Drama Part One: Theory and History Braunmuller, A. R. and Michael Hattaway, eds. The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Brown, John Russell, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Carlson, Marvin. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present, rev. ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. Fisk, Deborah Payne, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Hendricks, Margo, and Patricia Parker, eds. Women, “Race”, and Writing in the Early Modern Period. London: Routledge, 1994. Smart, John. Twentieth Century British Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Wells, Stanley and Sarah Stanton, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Wilmeth, Don B., and Christopher Bigsby, eds. The Cambridge History of American Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Part Two: Texts 16th century and early 17th century William Shakespeare: Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth The Tempest A Midsummer Night’s Dream Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice Julius Caesar Richard the Third Henry the Fourth, Part One Christopher Marlowe: Dr Faustus Tamburlaine the Great Edward the Second 2 John Webster: The White Devil The Duchess of Malfi Ben Jonson: Volpone Epicoene, or the Silent Woman Bartholomew Fair John Marston: The Malcontent Cyril Tourneur: The Revenger’s Tragedy Middleton/Dekker: The Roaring Girl Middleton/Rowley: The Changeling John Ford: ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore Restoration and 18th century Aphra Behn: The Rover Sir George Etherege: The Man of Mode William Wycherley: The Country Wife William Congreve: The Way of the World George Farquhar: The Recruiting Officer Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The School for Scandal 20th century: Ireland George Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara Heartbreak House Saint Joan W. B. Yeats: On Baile’s Strand Sean O’Casey: Juno and the Paycock J. M. Synge: The Playboy of the Western World Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot Endgame Krapp’s Last Tape Brian Friel: Translations 20th century: England John Arden: Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance Edward Bond: Early Morning Lear John Osborne: The Entertainer Harold Pinter: The Homecoming 3 Tom Stoppard: Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead Travesties Caryl Churchill: Cloud Nine Serious Money Brenton/Hare: Pravda 20th century: the United States Eugene O’Neill: The Emperor Jones Long Day’s Journey into Night Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman The Crucible Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire August Wilson: Fences Sam Shepard: True West David Mamet: Glengarry Glen Ross Marsha Norman: ’Night Mother Tony Kushner: Angels in America, Part One: The Millennium Approaches