MLA works cited: Live performance. The title is italicized: Art. The word By is followed by the writer listed in the normal order: Yasmina Reza. The abbreviation D i r period is followed by the director listed in the normal order: Matthew Warchus. The abbreviation Perf. is followed by the performers listed in the normal order: Philip Franks, Leigh Lawson, and Simon Shephard. The theater is listed, followed by a comma: Whitehall Theatre, The city is London. The date of the performance is listed in an inverted manner: 3 Dec. 2001. The medium is Performance.