Theatre Subject Guide

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics related to theatre and drama.

 

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

Current Biography Yearbook (multiple volumes)
REF CT100 .C8 (Annual)
Stages of Drama: Classical to Contemporary Theater
REF PN1621 .S687 1999
Contemporary Dramatists
REF PN1625 .C57 1993
Critical Survey of Drama (6 volumes)
REF PN1625 .C745 1986
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (5 volumes)
REF PN1625 .M3 1984
Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays
REF PN1625 .S45 1984
Play Index (6 volumes)
REF PN1655 .P6
Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
REF PN2035.C27 1988
Oxford Companion to the American Theater
REF PN2220 .B6 1992
Contemporary Theater, Film & Television (multiple volumes)
REF PN2285 .C58
American Playwrights Since 1945
REF PS350 .A53 1989
Twentieth-Century American Dramatists (2 volumes)
REF PS351 .T9

 

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the PN1600-3300 (Drama), PS330-350 (American Drama), and PR620-740 (English Drama) call number ranges.

  • theatre
  • theater
  • drama
  • dramatists
  • plays
  • playwriting
  • drama criticism
  • drama history
  • theater production
  • [name of specific play]
  • [name of specific playwright]
  • [name of specific critic]

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Arts/Performing Arts.