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Complete Bibliography of Works

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. Actors On Guard: A Practical Guide for the use of the Elizabethan Rapier & Dagger for Stage and Screen. New York: Routledge Press / Theatre Arts Books, 1st Edition – 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. Actors On Guard: Training, Rehearsal and Performance Techniques with the Rapier and Dagger for the Stage and Screen. New York & London: Routledge Press / Theatre Arts Books, 2nd Edition – 2021.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony & Brimmer, J. David. "Acting Tough! Ball Games.” The Fight Master. The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 1, pp. 33-36. Spring/Summer 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony & Brimmer, J. David. “Acting Tough! Killer Ball and Sitting Duck.” The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 3, pp. 27-29. Fall 1995

  • Girard, Dale Anthony & Brimmer, J. David. "Acting Tough! Task Exercises.” The Fight Master. The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 2, pp. 31-32. Fall/Winter 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony & McCullum, L. "Dennis L. Graves, Premiere Swordcutler." The Fight Master. Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 18-24, Winter 1990.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "A Guidebook For the Recently Certified: or Where Do I Go From Here?" The Fight Master. Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 25-30, Winter 1990.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony, et all. Fighting Words: A Combat Glossary. Edited by David Blixt, New Jersey: Sordelet Ink, 2015.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "Giving Opera A Fighting Chance." Tulsa Opera Study Guide. Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Opera Education Dept., 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. “Listening to the Language of Violence.” Theatre and Violence: Theatre Symposium, Volume VII. Southeastern Theatre Conference and the University of Alabama Press, 1999.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "Profile: J. David Brimmer." The Cutting Edge. Vol. 9 Issue 3, p. 3. June/July 1998.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "Profile: Lewis Shaw." The Cutting Edge. Vol. 5 Issue 5, p. 2. November/December 1994.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "Profile: Mark Olsen." The Cutting Edge. Vol. 8 Issue 1, pp. 2 & 4. March/April 1997.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "Profile: Michael J. Hood." The Cutting Edge. Vol. 6 Issue 4, pp. 2-3. July/August 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: A Complete Bibliography of Fencing & Dueling by Carl A. Thimm.” The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 1, pp. 38-39. Spring/Summer 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: A Shakespeare Glossary by C. T. Onions.” The Fight Master. Vol. 17 Issue 1, pp. 35-39. Spring/Summer 1994.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Book of the Sword by Sir Richard F. Burton.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 2, pp. 44-45. Fall 1991.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Brief Instructions on my Paradoxes of Defence by George Silver.” The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 2, pp. 35-37. Summer 1995.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Combat Mime by J. D. Martinez.” The Fight Master. Vol. 13 Issue 3, pp 37-39. Fall 1990.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World by Harold L. Peterson.” The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 3, pp. 31-32. Fall 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Fencing and the Master by Laszlo Szabo.” The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 1, pp. 37-38. Spring/Summer 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Fight Directing for the Theatre by J. Allen Suddeth. The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 2, pp. 33-34. Fall/Winter 1996. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Fight Direction for the Stage and Screen by William Hobbs. The Fight Master. Vol.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: His Practice in Two Books by Vincentio Saviolo. The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 1, pp. 38-39. Spring 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: His True Art of Defence by Giacomo di Grassi. The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 1, pp. 36-38. Spring 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Martini A-Z of Fencing by E. D. Morton.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 1, pp. 46-47. Spring 1991. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner and Tony Soper.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 1, pp. 47-48. Spring 1991. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Of Honour and Honourable Quarrels by Vincentio Saviolo. The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 2, pp. 31-33. Summer 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Old Sword-Play by Capt. A. Hutton.” The Fight Master. Vol. 16 Issue 1, pp. 41-42. Spring 1993.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Oxford English Dictionary.” The Fight Master. Vol. 17 Issue 1, pp. 35-39. Spring/Summer 1994.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Paradoxes of Defence by George Silver.” The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 2, pp. 33-35. Summer 1995.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Parrying Daggers and Poinards by Leonid Tarassuk.” The Fight Master. Vol.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Principals of Stage Combat by Claude D. Kezer.” The Fight Master. Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 31-32. Spring 1990. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Schools and Masters of Fence by Egerton Castle." The Fight Master., The Fight Master. Vol. 13 Issue 3, pp. 40-41. Fall 1990.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Secrets of the Samurai by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook.” The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 3, pp. 32-34. Fall 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary by Alexander Schmidt.” The Fight Master. Vol. 17 Issue 1, pp. 35-39. Spring/Summer 1994.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Stage Combat – The Action to the Word by William Hobbs.” The Fight Master. Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 29-31. Spring 1990. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Stage Fights – A Simple Handbook of Techniques by Gilbert Gordon.” The Fight Master. Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 27-29. Spring 1990. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Sword Play for Actors – A manual of Stage Fencing by Fred Gilbert Blakeslee.” The Fight Master. Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 44-45. Spring 1992.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Techniques of the Stage Fight by William Hobbs.” The Fight Master. Vol.  

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The Art and History of Personal Combat by Arthur M. Wise.” The Fight Master. Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp 43-44. Spring 1992.

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  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The Duel – It’s Rise and Fall in early Modern France by Francois Billacois, translated by Trista Selous. The Fight Master. Vol. 19 Issue 2, pp. 34-35. Fall/Winter 1996.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The Duel by Robert Baldick.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 1, pp. 45-46. Spring 1991. 

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The English Master of Arms by J. D. Aylward.” The Fight Master. Vol. 16 Issue 1, pp. 42-43. Spring 1993.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The Sword and the Centuries by Capt. A. Hutton.” The Fight Master. Vol. 15, Issue 1, p. 45. Spring 1992.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: The Theatre Student – Stage Violence Techniques of Offense, Defense and Safety by Albert M. Katz.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 2, p. 46. Fall 1991.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Three Elizabethan Fencing Manuals by James L. Jackson. The Fight Master. Vol. 18 Issue 1, pp. 35-36. Spring 1995.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. "The Pen and the Sword: Weapons in the Theatre by Arthur Wise.” The Fight Master. Vol. 14 Issue 2, pp. 43-44. Fall 1991.

  • Girard, Dale Anthony. “The Sounds of Violence.” The Fight Master: The Professional Journal of the Society of American Fight Directors. Vol. 31 Issue 2, pp. 14-21, Fall 2008

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