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If you are looking to further research history during these great time periods, more information can be found in the following sources! Please note that these great sources are where I gathered the majority of my information, but there is so much more you can learn on these subjects! Happy Reading!!
Bibliography
Adams, John C. The Globe Playhouse. 2nd ed. New York: Barnes & Nobel, 1964. Print. The main purpose of this book was to create an in-depth understanding of The Globe
Playhouse design and purposes. The entire book was dedicated to the building and its
history, rather than just a paragraph in a history book. The intended audience was the
researcher. This book was created for someone who wants to get a more in-depth look
at the Globe Theater. This was very useful to my project because we visited the Globe
Theater on our time tour. It went above my expectations because there was so much
information I couldn’t get very much of it into my project. The most helpful part of this
work was the statistics about how many people the Globe Theater could hold. The author
was a very reliable source, he was doctor and had painstakingly researched all of the
information that is found in the book. The author concluded that the Globe Theater was
the most popular of all the Elizabethan Theaters, and that is why he felt the need to
write a book about it. I observed that there was a lot more to the Globe Theater than I
had previously learned in my high school drama classes.
Aristotle, and Benjamin Jowett. Politics; Poetics. New York: Grolier, 1978. Print. The main
focus of this work was to describe and explain poetics and politics. I think Aristotle
wanted everyone to read his book. This was relevant to my project because we
“interviewed” Aristotle and I needed to know how he talked, what he talked about, and
other facts surrounding him. The way the book was separated throughout his ideas
made it easier to understand his points. Aristotle is a very credible author when I am
trying to gather information about him. He concluded many things, but the most
important to me was that of his poetics the six elements of theater. I found that he is a
very learned man who can also be hard to understand.
Brockett, Oscar Gross. History of the theatre. 5th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1987. Print.
The main focus of this book was to give a thorough look at the history of theater. The
intended audience for this book was anyone who was researching theater. This book
was very useful and relevant to my topic. It gave me added information to the text book
and gave me ideas for further research. The author is very credible. He is professor who
researched all of the information in the book. The author didn’t reach any conclusions, so
much as state facts. This helped me conclude that theater is broad and oftentimes can be
interpreted differently.
Brown, John R., ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1995.
Print. The main focus of this book to give the unique cultural experiences of theater both
past and present. This book was very relevant to my time tour because it gave me, not
only an overview of all things theater so I could research them more in-depth; it also had
great illustrations to help me understand aspects of theater. The book was a completion
of a team of author’s works, and each of the team members was accredited to be
researching theater for a book. The authors helped me gain understanding about theater
so I could research items further.
Derek L. Penwell. "Education in the Virtues: Tragic Emotions and the Artistic Imagination."
The Journal of Aesthetic Education 43.4 (2009): 9-31. Project MUSE. 29 Dec. 2009
<http://muse.jhu.edu/>. The main focus of this article was to compare Aristotle and Plato
and to examine the moral values of emotion. The intended audience for this work is
researchers looking to gather more information on Aristotle and Plato. This information
was not that useful to my project and did not meet my expectations. It was nice to see a
little more clearly Aristotle’s emotions, but it was more relevant for me to read Aristotle’s
works, not someone’s interpretations of them. The author was a researcher who was
able to get important information for the article, the information just wasn’t important to
my research. In the end, I realized there is a lot more to Plato and Aristotle that history
books say, and it would be nice to further delve into this information.
"Greek / Stamnos (Wine Jar) / High Classical Period, C. 450 B.C." David Rumsey Historical
Map Collection | The Collection. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico292672-4548.html>. This was a Stamnos, or
a whine jar, from the era of the Dionysus Theater. This piece was intended for the
Greeks, but now it is available for all to view. This art was very useful to my project. I
could include it on my tour to allow my “clients” to see what the art was like from that
time period. The drawings on the jar were helpful because I was able to tell my clients
that the jars were the main type of art in Grecian times. I was able to conclude that art is
important to understand history because you are able to see what was important to
people at that time.
Grene, David, and Richmond Alexander Lattimore. Greek Tragedies, Volume 1. Chicago:
University of Chicago, 1968. Print. This book was filled with Greek Tragedies written by
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The main focus of this work was to put these plays
in one location for the reader. This was very useful to my topic because we traveled back
in time to Greece and I needed to know what theater was like during that time. While I
didn’t use much of it, it did meet my expectations. I was able to glean a taste of the
written word that was present during that era. The authors were from the time period,
which was exactly what I was looking for in this project. I concluded that these men were
amazing writers and through their works I was able to understand the type of writing a
little more to use in creating my time tour.
"Hrosvitha." TheatreHistory.com. Web. 10 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.theatrehistory.com/medieval/hrosvitha001.html>. This website had
background information about Hrosvitha and was created to give an overview of her life.
It was intended for everyone looking to know a little bit more about Hrosvitha. This was
useful because I was able to get an overview on Hrosvitha. She was a hard person to
research, so any small amount of information to guide my research was important. The
authors had links to where they had gathered their information, so I know they had cited
their source. Through this website I was able to gain an understanding about her writing
more so than in other sources I had looked at.
"The Internet Classics Archive | Oedipus the King by Sophocles." The Internet Classics
Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature. Web. 02 Mar. 2010.
<http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html>. This was the entire play of Oedipus the King, which was very important to my work. The intended audience was anyone who
wanted to read the play to gain an understanding about this timeless piece of fiction.
This was important to my research because I wanted to include the written manuscript of
this play in my time tour so those who are going on my tour can read it if they want. The
fact that I was able to find the entire script was amazing; it was great to read a play by
Sophocles. Sophocles helps the reader understand Aristotle’s six elements of theater
better. This work helped me understand the writing from this time period so I could gain
the appreciation of him that I needed to have in order to do this time tour.
Kitto, H.D. F., trans. Sophocles: Three Tragedies. New York: Oxford UP, 1962. Print. These
three tragedies by Sophocles were written to be performed in the time of ancient Greece.
They were important to my time tour because reading them helped me understand
tragedy better. I did a writing class on tragedy and I needed to have read a tragedy to
help my clients write a tragedy. Because Sophocles is the author of the book and I
wanted to understand his writing, he was very credible. In the end, I was able to
conclude that we are lucky in this day and age to have this author to teach us about
Tragedy and help us understand its importance.
Landia, Paul, ed. Four Famous Greek Plays. New York: Random House, 1929. Print. These
four tragedies by Greek authors were plays. The main focus of them was to create
something that could be acted out on the stage. The main reason this book was
important is because it included Media, a play that wasn’t in any of the other play books I
used. Though I didn’t talk about this play very much, Media is an important play in
understanding tragedy. The way this book was laid out was very helpful in
understanding and in catching a lot of the rhymes. The conclusion the author reaches is
that man is good to be able to overcome such tragedies. I decided that I am glad that I
am not a character in these plays.
Marples, Morris. "Plautus." Greece and Rome 8.22 (1938): 1-7. JSTOR. Web. 25 Feb. 2010.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/642107>. The purpose of this article was to explain Plautus
and give a history of him. The intended audience of the work was those looking to
understand Plautus at a more in-depth level. This was very useful to my time tour
because I had a “Q&A” session with Plautus and I needed to understand background
information about him so I could “answer” as if I were Plautus. The author was able to
conclude that Plautus was an amazing man who is still studied and even replicated
today. I concluded that he must have been an amazing writer if Shakespeare even based
one of his plays off of a Plautus play.
McKeon, Richard, ed. The Basic Works of Aristotle. New York: Random House, 1941. Print.
This book was written by Aristotle and included not only his Politics and Poetics, but his
History too. The purpose of this book was to get Aristotle’s thoughts and views into a
medium where it could be read by many. The intended audience was everyone. Because
I was researching Aristotle, a book that was written by him was very credible to by time
tour. Who better to teach me about Aristotle than Aristotle himself? This book was
written in a more confusing way, but I got some great quotes that I was able to use in
my project.
Oates, Whitney J., and Eugene O'Neil Jr., eds. The Complete Greek Drama. Vol. 1. New
York: Random House, 1938. Print. This book had the complete Greek Drama, including
those less well known, like Menander. This book was not as used as the other Greek
books, but it definitely had some useful passages that were helpful in understanding
Greek theater. This book was intended for everyone. The most useful part of this book
was the glossary that explained and defined terms that were unknown to me because I
am not a Greek philosopher.
Oates, Whitney J., and Eugene O'Neil Jr., eds. The Complete Greek Drama. Vol. 2. New
York: Random House, 1938. Print. This is the second volume of the Greek drama book.
While they were basically the same, this book had more information on the Greek theater
itself, which was very helpful to me because we toured a Greek Theater on our tour. In
this book, the pictures and the new introduction was the most useful to me in
understanding the works in the book.
Ridpath, John Clark. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. New York: Globe Publishing
Co., 1898. pp. 128-9. This was one of the most important source I found in gathering
information on Hrosvitha. This document told about Hrosvitha and it also gave things that
she had written that I was able to use in my time tour. The audience this was intended
for was anyone looking to research Hrosvitha a little more in-depth. I was able to
conclude after reading this that Hrosvitha is really a great writer and we owe a lot to her.
It was also interesting to learn that she has also been copied since her death. The
author was a very reliable source who had researched the topic very thoroughly.
Rozakis, Laurie. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare. New York, NY: Alpha,
1999. Print.This book’s purpose is to discuss Shakespeare in a way that everyone
can understand. It is an overview of his life and his works. This book was very useful
to me because it gave me great ideas to use in my workshops. It also gave me nice
random facts that I could use to show my audience how interesting Hamlet is. The
random facts were the most helpful to me because they helped me come up with
creative things to do for my website. The author is a PhD, so she is learned on the
subject. The author helped make Shakespeare fun and helped my understand him
a little better.
"The Second Shepherd's Play." Enotes. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
<http://www.enotes.com/everyman-text/second-shepherds-play>. This was the full text
of the play and was important to me to include on my website so people could read the
play. This isn’t a very well-known play and it isn’t something that is in theaters for the
public to see very often. Because of this, I wanted my touring clients to be able to get a
taste of this play. This play helped me understand theater in the middle ages and how
they were ultimately religious. Even this play has a story from the bible in it. This is the
perfect source for learning about the play because it is the play itself. The author is very
credible because he or she is the one who wrote the play.
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. MS. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare. Jeremy Hylton. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
<http://shakespeare.mit.edu/>. This was a play that I put on my website. The play,
Hamlet, is intended for all audiences. I included this so my clients could read the play and
understand the writings of William Shakespeare a little better. This was important to me,
also, because being familiar with Shakespeare’s works allowed me to create a writing
workshop for my clients.
Sturhahn, Lawrence. "Pageant Wagons." The North American Review 270.3 (1985): 76+.
JSTOR. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25124660>. The main focus of
this paper was pageant wagons and other theaters during the middle ages. It was
intended for all audiences looking to learn more about theater during this time. I had a
section devoted to pageant wagons, so this was a very relevant article for me to read.
The author concluded that little is known about pageant wagons, but that we know they
exist. I have read so many things about pageant wagons; this was not very much more
helpful than other things because the truth is that we don’t know a lot about pageant
wagons. Everything we know is speculation.
Wilson, Edwin, and Alvin Goldfarb. Living Theater: A History. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw Hill,
2000. Print. This book was an overview of theater through the ages. Its intended
audience is students, people who just need an overview of theater history. This
was very useful to me because I was able to gain an overview of a topic to guide
my research. Because of this book, I was able to get the information I needed in
order to further my research.
Playhouse design and purposes. The entire book was dedicated to the building and its
history, rather than just a paragraph in a history book. The intended audience was the
researcher. This book was created for someone who wants to get a more in-depth look
at the Globe Theater. This was very useful to my project because we visited the Globe
Theater on our time tour. It went above my expectations because there was so much
information I couldn’t get very much of it into my project. The most helpful part of this
work was the statistics about how many people the Globe Theater could hold. The author
was a very reliable source, he was doctor and had painstakingly researched all of the
information that is found in the book. The author concluded that the Globe Theater was
the most popular of all the Elizabethan Theaters, and that is why he felt the need to
write a book about it. I observed that there was a lot more to the Globe Theater than I
had previously learned in my high school drama classes.
Aristotle, and Benjamin Jowett. Politics; Poetics. New York: Grolier, 1978. Print. The main
focus of this work was to describe and explain poetics and politics. I think Aristotle
wanted everyone to read his book. This was relevant to my project because we
“interviewed” Aristotle and I needed to know how he talked, what he talked about, and
other facts surrounding him. The way the book was separated throughout his ideas
made it easier to understand his points. Aristotle is a very credible author when I am
trying to gather information about him. He concluded many things, but the most
important to me was that of his poetics the six elements of theater. I found that he is a
very learned man who can also be hard to understand.
Brockett, Oscar Gross. History of the theatre. 5th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1987. Print.
The main focus of this book was to give a thorough look at the history of theater. The
intended audience for this book was anyone who was researching theater. This book
was very useful and relevant to my topic. It gave me added information to the text book
and gave me ideas for further research. The author is very credible. He is professor who
researched all of the information in the book. The author didn’t reach any conclusions, so
much as state facts. This helped me conclude that theater is broad and oftentimes can be
interpreted differently.
Brown, John R., ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1995.
Print. The main focus of this book to give the unique cultural experiences of theater both
past and present. This book was very relevant to my time tour because it gave me, not
only an overview of all things theater so I could research them more in-depth; it also had
great illustrations to help me understand aspects of theater. The book was a completion
of a team of author’s works, and each of the team members was accredited to be
researching theater for a book. The authors helped me gain understanding about theater
so I could research items further.
Derek L. Penwell. "Education in the Virtues: Tragic Emotions and the Artistic Imagination."
The Journal of Aesthetic Education 43.4 (2009): 9-31. Project MUSE. 29 Dec. 2009
<http://muse.jhu.edu/>. The main focus of this article was to compare Aristotle and Plato
and to examine the moral values of emotion. The intended audience for this work is
researchers looking to gather more information on Aristotle and Plato. This information
was not that useful to my project and did not meet my expectations. It was nice to see a
little more clearly Aristotle’s emotions, but it was more relevant for me to read Aristotle’s
works, not someone’s interpretations of them. The author was a researcher who was
able to get important information for the article, the information just wasn’t important to
my research. In the end, I realized there is a lot more to Plato and Aristotle that history
books say, and it would be nice to further delve into this information.
"Greek / Stamnos (Wine Jar) / High Classical Period, C. 450 B.C." David Rumsey Historical
Map Collection | The Collection. Web. 11 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico292672-4548.html>. This was a Stamnos, or
a whine jar, from the era of the Dionysus Theater. This piece was intended for the
Greeks, but now it is available for all to view. This art was very useful to my project. I
could include it on my tour to allow my “clients” to see what the art was like from that
time period. The drawings on the jar were helpful because I was able to tell my clients
that the jars were the main type of art in Grecian times. I was able to conclude that art is
important to understand history because you are able to see what was important to
people at that time.
Grene, David, and Richmond Alexander Lattimore. Greek Tragedies, Volume 1. Chicago:
University of Chicago, 1968. Print. This book was filled with Greek Tragedies written by
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The main focus of this work was to put these plays
in one location for the reader. This was very useful to my topic because we traveled back
in time to Greece and I needed to know what theater was like during that time. While I
didn’t use much of it, it did meet my expectations. I was able to glean a taste of the
written word that was present during that era. The authors were from the time period,
which was exactly what I was looking for in this project. I concluded that these men were
amazing writers and through their works I was able to understand the type of writing a
little more to use in creating my time tour.
"Hrosvitha." TheatreHistory.com. Web. 10 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.theatrehistory.com/medieval/hrosvitha001.html>. This website had
background information about Hrosvitha and was created to give an overview of her life.
It was intended for everyone looking to know a little bit more about Hrosvitha. This was
useful because I was able to get an overview on Hrosvitha. She was a hard person to
research, so any small amount of information to guide my research was important. The
authors had links to where they had gathered their information, so I know they had cited
their source. Through this website I was able to gain an understanding about her writing
more so than in other sources I had looked at.
"The Internet Classics Archive | Oedipus the King by Sophocles." The Internet Classics
Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature. Web. 02 Mar. 2010.
<http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html>. This was the entire play of Oedipus the King, which was very important to my work. The intended audience was anyone who
wanted to read the play to gain an understanding about this timeless piece of fiction.
This was important to my research because I wanted to include the written manuscript of
this play in my time tour so those who are going on my tour can read it if they want. The
fact that I was able to find the entire script was amazing; it was great to read a play by
Sophocles. Sophocles helps the reader understand Aristotle’s six elements of theater
better. This work helped me understand the writing from this time period so I could gain
the appreciation of him that I needed to have in order to do this time tour.
Kitto, H.D. F., trans. Sophocles: Three Tragedies. New York: Oxford UP, 1962. Print. These
three tragedies by Sophocles were written to be performed in the time of ancient Greece.
They were important to my time tour because reading them helped me understand
tragedy better. I did a writing class on tragedy and I needed to have read a tragedy to
help my clients write a tragedy. Because Sophocles is the author of the book and I
wanted to understand his writing, he was very credible. In the end, I was able to
conclude that we are lucky in this day and age to have this author to teach us about
Tragedy and help us understand its importance.
Landia, Paul, ed. Four Famous Greek Plays. New York: Random House, 1929. Print. These
four tragedies by Greek authors were plays. The main focus of them was to create
something that could be acted out on the stage. The main reason this book was
important is because it included Media, a play that wasn’t in any of the other play books I
used. Though I didn’t talk about this play very much, Media is an important play in
understanding tragedy. The way this book was laid out was very helpful in
understanding and in catching a lot of the rhymes. The conclusion the author reaches is
that man is good to be able to overcome such tragedies. I decided that I am glad that I
am not a character in these plays.
Marples, Morris. "Plautus." Greece and Rome 8.22 (1938): 1-7. JSTOR. Web. 25 Feb. 2010.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/642107>. The purpose of this article was to explain Plautus
and give a history of him. The intended audience of the work was those looking to
understand Plautus at a more in-depth level. This was very useful to my time tour
because I had a “Q&A” session with Plautus and I needed to understand background
information about him so I could “answer” as if I were Plautus. The author was able to
conclude that Plautus was an amazing man who is still studied and even replicated
today. I concluded that he must have been an amazing writer if Shakespeare even based
one of his plays off of a Plautus play.
McKeon, Richard, ed. The Basic Works of Aristotle. New York: Random House, 1941. Print.
This book was written by Aristotle and included not only his Politics and Poetics, but his
History too. The purpose of this book was to get Aristotle’s thoughts and views into a
medium where it could be read by many. The intended audience was everyone. Because
I was researching Aristotle, a book that was written by him was very credible to by time
tour. Who better to teach me about Aristotle than Aristotle himself? This book was
written in a more confusing way, but I got some great quotes that I was able to use in
my project.
Oates, Whitney J., and Eugene O'Neil Jr., eds. The Complete Greek Drama. Vol. 1. New
York: Random House, 1938. Print. This book had the complete Greek Drama, including
those less well known, like Menander. This book was not as used as the other Greek
books, but it definitely had some useful passages that were helpful in understanding
Greek theater. This book was intended for everyone. The most useful part of this book
was the glossary that explained and defined terms that were unknown to me because I
am not a Greek philosopher.
Oates, Whitney J., and Eugene O'Neil Jr., eds. The Complete Greek Drama. Vol. 2. New
York: Random House, 1938. Print. This is the second volume of the Greek drama book.
While they were basically the same, this book had more information on the Greek theater
itself, which was very helpful to me because we toured a Greek Theater on our tour. In
this book, the pictures and the new introduction was the most useful to me in
understanding the works in the book.
Ridpath, John Clark. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. New York: Globe Publishing
Co., 1898. pp. 128-9. This was one of the most important source I found in gathering
information on Hrosvitha. This document told about Hrosvitha and it also gave things that
she had written that I was able to use in my time tour. The audience this was intended
for was anyone looking to research Hrosvitha a little more in-depth. I was able to
conclude after reading this that Hrosvitha is really a great writer and we owe a lot to her.
It was also interesting to learn that she has also been copied since her death. The
author was a very reliable source who had researched the topic very thoroughly.
Rozakis, Laurie. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare. New York, NY: Alpha,
1999. Print.This book’s purpose is to discuss Shakespeare in a way that everyone
can understand. It is an overview of his life and his works. This book was very useful
to me because it gave me great ideas to use in my workshops. It also gave me nice
random facts that I could use to show my audience how interesting Hamlet is. The
random facts were the most helpful to me because they helped me come up with
creative things to do for my website. The author is a PhD, so she is learned on the
subject. The author helped make Shakespeare fun and helped my understand him
a little better.
"The Second Shepherd's Play." Enotes. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
<http://www.enotes.com/everyman-text/second-shepherds-play>. This was the full text
of the play and was important to me to include on my website so people could read the
play. This isn’t a very well-known play and it isn’t something that is in theaters for the
public to see very often. Because of this, I wanted my touring clients to be able to get a
taste of this play. This play helped me understand theater in the middle ages and how
they were ultimately religious. Even this play has a story from the bible in it. This is the
perfect source for learning about the play because it is the play itself. The author is very
credible because he or she is the one who wrote the play.
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. MS. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare. Jeremy Hylton. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
<http://shakespeare.mit.edu/>. This was a play that I put on my website. The play,
Hamlet, is intended for all audiences. I included this so my clients could read the play and
understand the writings of William Shakespeare a little better. This was important to me,
also, because being familiar with Shakespeare’s works allowed me to create a writing
workshop for my clients.
Sturhahn, Lawrence. "Pageant Wagons." The North American Review 270.3 (1985): 76+.
JSTOR. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25124660>. The main focus of
this paper was pageant wagons and other theaters during the middle ages. It was
intended for all audiences looking to learn more about theater during this time. I had a
section devoted to pageant wagons, so this was a very relevant article for me to read.
The author concluded that little is known about pageant wagons, but that we know they
exist. I have read so many things about pageant wagons; this was not very much more
helpful than other things because the truth is that we don’t know a lot about pageant
wagons. Everything we know is speculation.
Wilson, Edwin, and Alvin Goldfarb. Living Theater: A History. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw Hill,
2000. Print. This book was an overview of theater through the ages. Its intended
audience is students, people who just need an overview of theater history. This
was very useful to me because I was able to gain an overview of a topic to guide
my research. Because of this book, I was able to get the information I needed in
order to further my research.