Research Topics on Theatre

The research paper must be on the subject of theatre. Some possible topics can be one of the following, but not limited to the list below. The student may choose a topic that is not on the list as long as it is approved by the teacher. Here is the list of possible theatre research topics: 

Primitive Theatre

Early Theatre 

Theories 

Rituals 

Greek Drama: 

Greek Dramatists

Aeschylus

Aristophanes

Euripedes 

Socrates 

Athenian Play Festival

Dionsysus - god of Greek Theatre

Greek Acting 

Greek Staging

Greek Costuming 

Roman Theatre

Roman Playwrights 

Staging 

Elizabethan Drama: 

Dramatists:

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Staging  

Restoration Theatre

Playwrights

Plays

Staging 

Costumes

Masques 

American Theatre 

Stella Adler 

Sanford Meisner

Lee Strasberg

African American Drama: 

August Wilson 

Group Theatre 

Harold Clurman 

Cheryl Crawford 

Clifford Odets

British Theatre

Method of Training Actors 

Russian Theatre

Anton Chekhov

Constantin Stanislavski

Moscow Art Theatre 

Kabuki Theatre

Noh Theatre 

Vsevolod Meyerhold 

Max Reinhardt

Experimental Theatre 

Scene Design and Stage Lighting 

Costumes

Theatrical Make-up