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Modern Drama - Selected Sources
Encyclopedias and Other General Reference Resources
Masterplots II (4 vols.)
Drama Series. Also available Online in MagillOnLiterature available online in E-Resources. Includes plays from around the world. Articles include a plot summary, character list, critical materials.
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A Handbook to Literature
(Vic Stacks)
Notable Playwrights
Biographical sketches and critical studies of 106 of the most important playwrights from Classical times to the present.
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Critical Survey of Drama
Comprehensive resource for dramatic biographical reference and analysis.
PN1625 .C68 2018 (8 vols.) 3rd Ed.
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: an International Reference Work in 5 volumes
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The Oxford Dictionary of Plays
Plays are arranged in A-Z order and also organized by country of origin and period; an index of playwrights and of characters.
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How Plays Work
Guide book to elements and varieties of dramatic form (action, character, genre, time and place, scenes, devices, etc.)
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Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater
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Western Drama through the Ages: A Student Reference Guide
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
Playwrights and plays within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Covers development of modern theatre in Europe, Russia, China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Latin America, Africa & in the Yiddish language.
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Modern Drama: Defining the Field
Stacks
The Continuum Companion to twentieth Century Theatre
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The Ivan R. Dee Guide to Plays and Playwrights
Plays and playwrights from ancient times to the present: cross-references to other plays/authors covering comparable subjects.
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The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre
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Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis
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Living Theatre: History of the Theatre
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The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre
Stacks
History of the Theatre
Stacks
The Bedford Introduction to Drama
Stacks
A dictionary of stage directions in English drama 1580-1642
(Vic Ref)
A cultural history of the theatre
A Cultural History of Theatre' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers a span of 2,500 years, tracing the complexity of the interactions between theatre and culture.
(Vic Stacks)
Bibliographies and Print Indexes to World Drama
Dramatic Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-garde
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Play Index
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Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990: An International Bibliography
International criticism on modern and contemporary playwrights. Books and articles arranged by geographic area. Includes criticism and interviews.
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Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1966-1980: An International Bibliography
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Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections: An Author and Title Index to Plays Appearing in Collections Published between 1900 and 1985
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British and Irish Drama
Cambridge Companion to British Theatre
Stacks
Theatre in the Victorian Age
Stacks
The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre
Stacks
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
British and Irish Dramatists since World War II
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British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook
Selected British playwrights active from 1956 to 1995, with biographical, theatrical, critical, and bibliographical information.
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Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook
details for 32 Irish playwrights active from 1880 to 1995.
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British and Irish drama since 1960
(Vic Stacks)
American Drama
Cambridge Guide to American Theatre
The most up-to-date guide to American theatre. Broad coverage on a national scale.
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Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism James Fisher and Felicia Hardison Londré, Eds.
Focus is on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Discussion of plays, termonology and individuals associated wirh the theatre.
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The Oxford Handbook of American Drama
Interpretive essays on American Drama, organized historically and by genre.
Stacks
Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
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Twentieth-century American Dramatists
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Twentieth-century American Dramatists. Second Series
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Modern American Drama, 1945-2000
Studies major playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, and more.
Stacks
African-American Performance and Theater History: a Critical Reader.
Visions of tragedy in modern American drama : from O'Neill to the twenty-first century
(Vic Stacks)
Canadian Drama
Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre.
Information on plays, playwrights and theatre practitioners.
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400 Ans de Théâtre au Québec
Stacks
Directory of Canadian Plays & Playwrights.
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Canada on Stage: Scenes and Monologues --a Survey of Canadian Theatre
Stacks
Modern Canadian Plays
Stacks
Indigenous North American drama : a multivocal history / Birgit Däwes, Ed.
Stacks
Canadian Plays Catalogue, 1997-1998
Spine Title: Catalogue of Canadian plays, 1997-1998, and, Who's who in the Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997-1999.
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Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada : The Beginnings through 1984 = Bibliographie d'histoire du théâtre au Canada: des débuts - fin 1984
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Theatre History in Canada
Online journal 1980 to the present
Canadian drama and the critics
(Vic Stacks)
French Drama
Le Théâtre Français de l'âge Classique
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Dictionnaire des Pièces de Théâtre Françaises du XXe Siècle.
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Historical Dictionary of French Theatre
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Asian Drama
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre (2 volumes)
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Italian Drama
A History of Italian Theatre
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Online Resources (UofT)
Drama Criticism
Major plays and playwrights Criticism taken from book, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. 90-95% of critical essays are full text.
MLA International Bibliography
academic journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, books
Poole’s Plus (part of 19th century Masterfile)
Full-text archive of scholarly periodical literature 1872+
JSTOR
Index to the published books, periodicals, newspapers and government documents of the 19th century
Dramatic Discourse: Dialogue as Interaction
Records of Early English Drama (REED)
International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
210+ popular and scholarly journals and other resources in the fields of dance, drama, film, theater, opera, puppetry, circus, etc.
Abell (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 1920-)
Twentieth Century North American Drama
1,122 plays by 170 playwrights, with information on related productions, theatres, production companies, etc
North American Theatre Online
Covers all aspects of Canadian and American theatre.
Asian American Drama
250+ plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information .
Living Theatre
