Ultimate Scene Study Series Vol. 1 : 101 Short Scenes for Groups

by Chandler, Wilma Marcus

• ISBN13: 9781575252223
• ISBN10: 1575252228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc

Summary

An invaluable resource for actors, directors, and teachers. These collections of scenes are selected from the full canon of dramatic literature, from the Greeks to the Moderns and from around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Wilma Marcus Chandler
PART ONE: SCENES FOR WOMEN
Small Group Scenes
The Suppliants, Aeschylus	3	(6)
Lysistrata, Aristophanes	9	(12)
Diana of Dobson's, Hamilton	21	(8)
Yerma, Garcia Lorca	29	(5)
Medea, Jeffers	34	(3)
The Cretan Woman, Jeffers	37	(9)
Beautiful Bodies, Cunningham	46	(8)
Tea, Houston	54	(7)
Alice in Bed, Sontag	61	(7)
White Chocolate for My Father, Carlos	68	(6)
Large Group Scenes
Hippolytus, Euripides	74	(16)
O Virga AC Diadema, Hildegard of Bingen	90	(2)
Riders to the Sea, Synge	92	(3)
The House of Bernarda Alba, Garcia Lorca	95	(7)
Electra (2), Hofmansthal	102	(11)
Aztec Definitions, Traditional	113	(5)
Who Will Carry the Word, Delbo	118	(7)
Small Group Scenes with a Majority of Women
The Eumenides, Aeschylus	125	(9)
The Braggart Warrior, Plautus	134	(8)
Alan's Wife, Bell and Robins	142	(10)
Playboy of the Western World, Synge	152	(7)
The Weavers, Hauptmann	159	(4)
Medea, Jeffers	163	(7)
Ondine, Giraudoux	170	(7)
The Wedding Band, Childress	177	(8)
Twelve Dreams, Lapine	185	(4)
Pressure Defense, Jory	189	(6)
Large Group Scenes with a Majority of Women
The Eumenides, Aeschylus	195	(9)
The Witlings, Burney	204	(6)
A Dream Play, Strindberg	210	(5)
Job, Kokoschka	215	(4)
Alkibiades Saved, Kaiser	219	(5)
Kantan, Mishima	224	(4)
Success, Kopit	228	(7)
PART TWO: SCENES FOR MEN
Small Group Scenes
The Captives, Plautus	235	(6)
The Jew of Malta, Marlowe	241	(6)
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare	247	(6)
Peer Gynt, Ibsen	253	(10)
The Emperor (Enrico IV), Pirandello	263	(7)
Marty, Chayefsky	270	(4)
Equus, Shaffer	274	(6)
The Great White Hope, Sackler	280	(5)
The Poison Tree, Ribman	285	(4)
Terra Nova, Tally	289	(8)
Large Group Scenes
Paphnutius (2), Hrotsvitha	297	(6)
The Play of Saint Nicholas, Bodel	303	(7)
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare	310	(9)
The Group, Warren	319	(5)
Ruddigore, Gilbert	324	(6)
The Visit, Duerenmatt	330	(6)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (2), Shaffer	336	(6)
Indians, Kopit	342	(8)
Failure to Zigzag, Ferrzaca	350	(4)
God's Country (2), Dietz	354	(5)
Small Groups with a Majority of Men
Hamlet, Shakespeare	359	(6)
The Divorce Court Judge, Cervantes	365	(7)
The Relapse, Vanbrugh	372	(10)
Desire Under the Elms, O'Neill	382	(9)
Nocturnal, Pratella	391	(2)
I Think it Would Be Correct to Do It this Way, Dessy	393	(1)
Cafe Crown, Kraft	394	(10)
The Queen and the Rebels, Betti	404	(8)
Large Groups with a Majority of Men
Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles	412	(8)
The Frogs, Aristophanes	420	(2)
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare	422	(8)
The Duchess of Malfi, Webster	430	(4)
Leonce and Lena, Buchner	434	(6)
The Player Queen, Yeats	440	(6)
Troop Train, Dessy	446	(1)
Galileo, Brecht	447	(3)
The Devils, Whiting	450	(5)
Dance of the Wandering Souls, Nhuong	455	(4)
PART THREE: SCENES FOR MIXED GROUPS
Small Group Scenes (5--10 Actors)
Everyman, Anonymous	459	(8)
The School for Scandal, Sheridan	467	(10)
The Contrast, Tyler	477	(5)
Trifles, Glaspell	482	(8)
Friends, Abe	490	(6)
Dollar Poem, Malina and Beck	496	(4)
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for you, Durang	500	(8)
Never Tell Isobel, Gruen	508	(4)
Cameras, Jory	512	(4)
Kind Ness, Pin Chong	516	(5)
The Colored Museum, Wolfe	521	(7)
Vera Takes Her Seat, Eble	528	(8)
Large Group Scenes (11+Actors)
Lysistrata, Aristophanes	536	(9)
Noah, Anonymous	545	(9)
Doctor Faustus, Marlowe	554	(3)
Woyzeck, Buchner	557	(2)
Spreading the News, Lady Gregory	559	(7)
Murderer the Women's Hope, Kokoschka	566	(5)
The Weavers, Hauptmann	571	(9)
The Devil and Daniel Webster, Benet	580	(5)
The Adding Machine, Rice	585	(5)
From the Window, Corradini and Settimelli	590	(1)
The Lottery, Jackson	591	(8)
Thunder on Sycamore Street, Rose	599	(7)
Syndrome, Attias	606	(2)
Permission Acknowledgments	608