Theater: Guide to Selected Resources
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Yearbooks
REF ML102.M88G3 2001 v.1-3
Gänzl, Kurt. Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Schirmer, 2001.
REF ML102.M88H59 1995
Hischak, Thomas S. American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia. Greenwood
Press, 1995.
REF ML128.M78B6 1996 v.1-2
American Song: the Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1877-1995. Schirmer
Books, 1996.
REF ML1711.B67 1992
American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press,
1992.
REF PN597.T94 1999
Twentieth Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to more than
500 Literary, Critical & Theatrical Movements, Schools, & Groups from
80 Nations.... Omnigraphics, 2000.
REF PN1625.H62 1988b
Hodgson, Terry. Drama Dictionary. New Amsterdam Books, 1988.
REF PN1861.W67 1994 v.1-6
Rubin, Don. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Routledge, 1994.
REF PN2035.C27 1995
Banham, Martin. Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
REF PN2035.H3 1983
Hartnoll, Phyllis. Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 1983.
REF PN2220.B6 1992
Bordman, Gerald Martin. Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Oxford University Press, 1992.
REF PN2220.C35 1993
Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
REF PN2266.B68
Bronner, Edwin. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre 1900-1975. A. S. Barnes, 1979.
REF PN2277.N5A17
Theatre World: Summary of the Season. Crown Publishers, 1968-date.
Directories
REF PN1580.F5 1999
Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts. 2nd ed. Facts
on File, 1999.
REF PN1993.5A1M67
Motion Picture, TV and Theatre Directory for Services and Products.
Motion Picture Enterprises Publications. Current year only.
REF PN1995.9.P7N38 1996
NYPG: New York Production Guide. NYPG Ltd., 1996.
REF PN1998.A1D52 1996
DGA Directory of Members. Directors Guild of America, 1996.
REF PN2289.T54 1997/98
Theatre Directory. Theatre Communications Group, 1998.
REF PN6112.B4524
Guernsey, Otis. Directory of the American Theater 1894-1971. Dodd, Mead, 1971.
Criticism/Biographical Sources
REF PN44.M344 1978 v.1-4
Magill, Frank Northen. 1,300 critical evaluations of selected novels and
plays. Salem Press, 1978.
REF PN1721.D725
Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Works
from All The World's Literature. Gale Research, Inc., v. 1- , 1991- .
REF PN1721.R47 1986
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism: World Drama. Research Publishers, 1986.
REF PN1995.B727 1972
Dramatic Criticism Index: a Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-garde. Gale Research Co., 1972.
REF PN2012.W5
Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide: Includes Who's Who
and Who Was Who in the Theater. Gale Research, Inc., 1984-date.
REF PN2205.T54 1994
Theatrical Directors: a biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
REF PN2266.S3
Salem, James M. A Guide to Critical Reviews. Scarecrow Press.
v. 1 American Drama 1909-1982, 3rd ed., 1984
v. 2 The Musical 1909-89, 3rd ed., 1991
v. 3 Foreign Drama 1909-1977, 2nd ed., 1979
v. 4 The Screenplay From The Jazz Singer" to "Dr. Strangelove", 2 vol., 1971
v. 4 The Screenplay: Supplement One: 1963-1980, 1982
REF PN2285.R5
Rigdon, Walter. Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre.
J. H. Heineman, 1966.
REF PN2570.P35 1977
Palmer, Helen. European Drama Criticism, 1900-1975. Shoestring Press, 1977.
REF PR623.C75
Magill, Frank S. Critical Survey of Drama. Salem Press, 1994, v.1-7.
REF PR737.C57 1993
Berney, K. A. Contemporary Dramatists. 5th ed. St. James Press, 1993.
REF PS153.N5P43 1988
Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays. Greenwood, 1988.
REF PS153.N5P44 1990
Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers. Greenwood, 1990.
REF PS332.P245 1967
Palmer, Helen. American Drama Criticism: Interpretations, 1890-1965 Inclusive,
of American Drama Since the First Play Produced in America. Shoe String
Press, 1967 and suppl. v. 1-2.
REF PS350.A44 1989
American Playwrights Since 1945: A Guide to Scholarship, Criticism, & Performance.
Greenwood Press, 1989.
REF PS350.T94 2000
Twentieth Century American Dramatists. Second Series. Gale Group, 2000.
REF PS351.T9 v. 1-2
Twentieth Century American Dramatists. Gale Research, Inc., 1981.
Selected Collections of Plays/Drama
(More collections on the 3rd floor PN6111-6120.)
(Also search under individual playwrights/dramatists for particular
works or collections of their works.)
PN6112.B45
Best Plays of _____ and the Yearbook of Drama in America. Dodd, Mead,
1927/28-1951/52.
Best Plays of_____. Dodd, Mead, 1952/53-65/66, 1967/68-1988/89.
Burns Mantle theater yearbook of ____ featuring the ten best plays of the
season. Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1989/90
Applause/Best Plays, Theater Yearbook of _____Featuring the Ten Best Plays
of the Season. Applause Theatre Book Publications, 1990/91-1991/92.
Best plays of _____. Limelight Editions: Proscenium Publishers, Inc.,
1992/93-
PN6120.A4B44
Best Short Plays. Dodd, Mead, 1968-90.
PN6120.A4B44
Best American Short Plays. Applause Theatre Book Publications, 1991-
PS628.N4B56 1996
Black Theatre USA: plays by African Americans from 1847-today. Free Press, 1996.
PS634.B4
Best American Plays. Crown Publishers, 3rd-7th, 9th series, 1945-73, 1983-92.
Indexes to Plays/Drama
REF PN1627.C556
Chicorel Theater Index to Plays for Young People. Chicorel,
1974.
REF PN1655.C43 v.1-3
Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies, Periodicals, Discs and Tapes.
Chicorel, 1970-72.
REF PN1655.C44
Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Periodicals. Chicorel, 1973.
REF PN1721.K45 1979
Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Periodicals. Scarecrow Press, 1979.
REF PN1721.K45 1990
Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Periodicals, 1977-87. Scarecrow Press, 1990.
REF PN1997.85.B37 1993
Enser's Filmed Books & Plays, 1928-1991. Ashgate Publ. Ltd., 1993.
REF PN6111 .F57 1971
Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck. Index to plays, 1800-1926. AMS Press, 1971.
REF PN6111.O88 1976
Ottemiller, John H. Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections - 1900 to early 1975.
Scarecrow Press, 1976.
REF PN6111.P53 1949-
Play Index. H. W. Wilson Company, 1949- .
REF PN6111.S35
Drury, Francis. Drury's Guide to the Best Plays. 2nd ed. Scarecrow Press, 1969.
REF PN6111.S36 1974
Samples, Gordon. Drama Scholars' Index to Plays and Filmscripts. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
REF PN6111.S39
Samuel French's Basic Catalogue of Plays. Samuel French, current year only.
REF PN6111.T56
Thomson, Ruth Gibbons. Index to Full Length Plays. v.1, 1895-1925, v.2 1926-1944, Faxon Company, 1956.
REF PN6111.T562
Ireland, Norma Olin. Index to Full Length Plays, 1944-1964. Faxon Co., 1965.
Indexes to Periodical Literature on Drama & Theater
Index N1A1.A68 1929-84/ Available via Art
Index Retrospective, 1929-1984 and Art
Full-Text, 1984- .
Art Abstracts. H. H. Wilson Company.
Index AI3.E752 1900-01/ Available via FirstSearch
1985- .
Essay & General Literature Index. H. H. Wilson Company.
Index AI3.H85 1974-84/ Available via Wilson
OmniFile Full Text, 1984- .
Humanities Abstracts. H. H. Wilson Company .
(formerly... Index AI3.I68 Social Sciences & Humanities Index
1965-73.)
Index PB35.M57 1963-1999/ Available via FirstSearch
1963- .
MLA International Bibliography. MLA.
Index AI21.N45 1851- .
N.Y. Times Index. N.Y. Times.
N.Y. Times is also indexed in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature beginning
in 1993 and available on Lexis/Nexis, Proquest and Factiva.
Index AI3.R4 1890-94/ Available via Wilson
OmniFile Full Text, 1984- .
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. H. H. Wilson Company.
Journals Related to Theater/Drama
CMS/PER PN2000.A52
American Theatre v.11- 1994- .
CMS/OVER PER NX1.B65
Bomb no. 1- 1981- .
CMS/PER PN1601.C66
Comparative Drama v.28- 1994- .
PER PN2000.D68/Film 757
Drama Review: TDR v.12-43, 1967/68-99.
CMS/PER PN1861.M55
Modern Drama v.18- 1975- .
CMS/PER PN2001.T435
New Theatre Quarterly: NTQ v.10- 1994- .
CMS/Film 1445
Variety v.310- 1983- .
For electronic theater journals available through our databases, use the E-Content
Finder and search using such terms as drama, performing arts & theatre/theater.
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