1, must read and endorse.

Introduction to Drama Performing Arts, Zhang Mali, Ye Tao, China Drama Publishing House, 1990.

This book is a monograph that systematically discusses the theory of drama performance. On the basis of summarizing the theories of drama performance at home and abroad, the author has conducted in-depth research and exploration on performance characteristics, stage movements, characters, styles and schools, performance rhythm, creative means and creative process. The scope of its discussion has broken through the limitation of emphasizing realistic techniques in previous dramas, and paid attention to the study of various drama performance schools, especially the performances using modern techniques, with wider coverage and newer angles.

This monograph focuses on the practice of China's drama art and summarizes the experience of China's outstanding performing artists, which is highly academic and practical.

Introduction to Traditional Chinese Opera Performance, Chen, Culture and Art Publishing House.

This book includes more than ten articles such as overview, theoretical analysis and research, notes on repertoire observation, and basic characteristics of traditional Chinese opera performance methods. This paper probes into the law of traditional Chinese opera performance, and describes the time and space art, performance procedure and foot color business of traditional Chinese opera.

Introduction to Film (2nd Edition), Yang, Beijing United Press.

This is a basic textbook about the function and dissemination of movies, which is divided into six parts: media characteristics, creative process, production mechanism, historical process, national characteristics and critical framework. It covers the technical, industrial and cultural issues involved in film, comprehensively combs the process and way of human understanding and making images, deliberately presents the three-body characteristics of film as an art, a language and an industry, and constructs its light, shadow, audio-visual and production as systematically as possible.

Self-cultivation of Actors, stanislavski, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press.

The diary "The Cultivation of Actors" written in the form of classroom dialogue between teachers and students in drama school is his most famous masterpiece and the essence of stanislavski's performance system. This paper expounds in detail the qualities that an actor should have from the aspects of body, voice, personality and thinking logic. It is not only a reference book about the actor's occupation, responsibility and mission that has been successfully tested by countless actors, but also a masterpiece about the combination of actors and society to improve and perfect the actor's artistic accomplishment and moral accomplishment.

Historical Draft of Modern Drama in China, Chen,,, China Drama Publishing House.

This book systematically expounds the emergence and evolution of modern drama (mainly drama) in China, summarizes the historical laws of the development of modern drama (especially drama literature) in China from many aspects, and summarizes a series of unforgettable and thought-provoking experiences and lessons. The book introduces and comments famous playwrights in China such as Tian Han, Cao Yu and Xia Yan.

History of Western European Drama (2 volumes) Liao Kedun China Drama Publishing House

The compilation of this set of books has a long history, which began in the 1950s. The history of the development of western drama is very detailed, and it is a required book.

The main contents of this book are:17th century drama,18th century drama,19th century drama,19th century drama, early 20th century Italian drama, expressionist drama, surrealism drama, early 20th century Spanish drama and early 20th century British drama.

Performing Arts Course Hongtong Lin Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press

This book is the first course that systematically discusses the performing arts, and it is also the first performance monograph that combines the basic theory of performance with the teaching practice of performance.

This book consists of two parts. The first part is the performance theory, including performance as an art, the shaping of stage characters, the shaping of film and television characters, and several papers on contemporary film performance. The second part is teaching practice, including basic performance teaching, stage characterization, film and television practice and thesis writing.

This book is a classic teaching material for performance, so you must chew it down!

Step 2 expand the reading list

Basic Drama Performance Liang Bolong/Li Yue Culture and Art Publishing House

"Drama Performance" Hu Dao China Drama Publishing House

Fundamentals of film and television performance, Li Sibing, Communication University of China Press, 20 1 1.

Introduction to Film and Television Performance Li Zhiyu, China Fine Arts Publishing House, 1994.

The Essence of Stanislavsky System, Lepkov Skaya, China Film Publishing House, 2008.

Brecht on Drama Brecht, China Drama Publishing House, 1990.

Towards Simple Drama, Grotowski, China Drama Publishing House, 1984.

Huang, China Drama Publishing House, 1990.

A General Introduction to China Opera (Performance Part) Zhang Geng and Guo Hancheng, China Theatre Publishing House, 20 10.

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Consulting materials

9 18 Basic information of drama (film and television) performance According to the examination scope and the latest real content of Shanghai Theatre Academy, it mainly includes the following materials:

1. Basic Theory of Performance as one's postgraduate entrance examination. Edited by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This material sorts out the basic theoretical notes of drama and film performance, which is convenient for students to browse and recall.

2. "Performing Arts Course" is only for postgraduate entrance examination. Edited by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This material is compiled from an important test site of the classic performance textbook. The simplified content is suitable for students' memory and is also convenient for performance analysis.

3. "Representation method" is the only way for postgraduate entrance examination. Edited by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This material is written for the analysis of the characters in the performance. In drama, film and television works, characters are the most important. So this material can help you analyze the characters very well.

4. Film Analysis and Writing is the only way for postgraduate entrance examination. Edited by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This material sorts out the common methods of film analysis. Interpreting the role-building of actors from the perspective of film analysis can give students more angles to answer questions.

5. Introduction to Film is the only way for postgraduate entrance examination. Edited by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This material is sorted out directly from the reference books recommended by official website, which supplements the contents not described in detail in the previous materials and is the main source of arguments to answer questions.

6. "Must read the classic interpretation" is the only way for the postgraduate entrance examination. Compiled by the Teaching and Research Group of Shanghai Theatre Academy

This material sorts out the classic drama and film and television works, which often appear in the analysis questions.

7. The "Shanghai Theatre Academy 9 18 Drama (Film and Television) Performance Basis in Previous Years" was compiled by the teaching and research group of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Needless to say, the importance of real questions to the postgraduate entrance examination must be done when reviewing.