Manfred Semper, Theater. Stuttgart: Arnold Bergsträsser, 1904.
(Handbuch der Architektur, Teil 4, Halb-Band 6, Heft 5.)
Roy C. Flickinger, The Greek Theatre and Its Drama. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918.
(Contains the best summary of the conflicting views about the form of the ancient theatre.)
Arthur Elam Haigh, The Attic Theatre. Third Edition, revised. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1907.
(A standard work on the Greek Theatre.)
Brander Matthews, A Study of the Drama. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910.
(Chapter III treats of the form of the theatre in relation to the forms of drama.)
William Harvey Birkmire, The Planning and Construction of American Theatres. New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1896.
(Contains many plans and descriptions of the older American theatres.)
Max Littmann, Das Münchner Künstlertheater. Munich: I. Werner, 1908.
(A monograph describing one of the best small theatres in Europe, fully illustrated with plans and photographs.)
Julius Bab, Die Volksbühne in Berlin. Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1919.
(Describes and illustrates one of the best large buildings of the “people’s theatre” type.)
Max Littmann, Die Königlichen Hoftheater in Stuttgart. Darmstadt: A. Koch, 1912.
(Describes and illustrates an excellent example of the institutional or “court” playhouse, in a building containing two complete theatres.)
TECHNICAL
Edward Bernard Kinsila, Modern Theatre Construction. New York: The Moving Picture World, 1917.