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Reference Books for Theater

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance

Reference PN2035.O94 2003  v.1-2

The Drama Dictionary

Reference PN1625 .H64 1988

Dictionary of the Theatre : terms, concepts, and analysis

Reference PN2035.P2913 1998 

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

Reference PN1861.W67 1994  v.1-4

Theatre Backstage from A to Z

Reference PN2091.M3L68 1989    

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama

Reference PN1625.M3 1984  v.1-5

The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre, 1900-1975

Reference PN2266.B68    

Twentieth-century Literary Movements Dictionary

Reference PN597.T94 2000    

A compendium to more than 500 literary, critical, and theatrical movements, schools, and groups from more than 80 nations, covering the novelists, poets, short-story writers, dramatists, essayists, theorists, and works, genres, techniques, and terms associated with each movement

Shakespeare's Theatre : a dictionary of his stage context

Reference  PR3095.R53 2002    

Shakespeare: an Oxford Guide

Reference PR2976.S333 2003

OTHER REFERENCE SOURCES

Play Index

Reference Z5781.P53  (includes 1949-1992)

Covers a wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama

Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections

Reference PN1655.O8 1988    

An author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985

Drama Criticism

Reference PN1625.D72  v.1-25 

New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century

Reference NX456.N49 2002  v.1-4

Reviews, news articles, interviews and essays capturing 100 years of art, architecture, literature, music, dance, theater, film and television

Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre Reference PN2035.C65 2002   

A Survey of Historic Costume

Reference GT580.T67 1989    

American Plays and Musicals on Screen

Reference PS338.M67 H67 2005    

Cambridge Guide to Theatre Online reference book from Credo Reference

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