Selected Resources for Theatre Classes

Fall Semester 2000

Books | Reviews & Periodicals

BOOKS

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Authors (Last name, first name, dates) and individual works are can be listed as subject headings.: Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
Many subjects can take the add-on "--Drama";: Faeries -- Drama
Also, many subject headings use a subdivision for criticism:: --History and criticism [for inanimate subects]; --Criticism and interpretation [for authors & characters]; e.g.Hellman, Lillian, 1906- -- Criticism and interpretation
Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Legends -- History and criticism

20th ed., 4 vols., 1997.
Kept on the long table by the main bank of EZRA/Web terminals.

Subject headings will be similar to, but may be different from those used in periodical indexes.

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg:	EZRA
At other Ohio Libraries	OhioLINK Catalog
In North America For ILL	WorldCat

Reference Books

Drama Criticism PN 1601 .D59 v1-12	Brief Biographies and longer critical excerpts, arranged by author. See last volume for cumulative index.
Guide to Critical Reviews PN 2266 .S16	Index to critical play reviews published before 1973; has a 1982 supplement; separate volumes for American Drama, Musicals and Foreign Drama.
Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism PN 1851 .C37 1997	Bibliography covering criticism published from 1981-1990 about playrights of all eras.
New York Theatre Critics' Reviews PN 2000 .N3 1940-1996	Full articles from several New York newspapers, covering reviews of Broadway, off-Broadway and regional-theatre productions.

Web Sites

Theatre History on the Web: A guide to online resources in theatre history.
Internet Broadway Database: "IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics."
The Costumer's Manifesto: Costume history, timeslines and links to instructions for making costumes.

Reviews and Periodicals

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Periodical indexes and databases for Theatre Research

Guide to Web information on Playwrights and Composer
Humanities Abstracts (1984- )	Scholarly articles in the humanities, with some fulltext
Academic Search Complete	Indexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
Lexis-Nexis Universe	20 years of full text newspapers, including theatre reviews.
New York Times - Historical	Full text and page images of the New York Times, 1851-1999
American Drama Criticism Ref. PS 332 .D7 P33 1992	Index to critical reviews of American plays from 1890 - 1990
MLA Bibliography (1963- ) (Remote Access)	Primarily a language and literature database, this will cover the literary aspects of drama.
New York Times Index (1851- )	To find theatre reviews under Theatre - [title of play]. NYT Index can be found on Index Table 2 in Reference, and in Older Indexes.
Times of London (1785-1985)	200 years of full text of the Times of London
New York Theatre Wire	Current New York theatre news and reviews

Locating Journals:

At Wittenberg:

Online Fulltext Journal Listing -- covers periodicals in electronic form only; follow the "Repeat Search on In-Library Periodical Holdings" to find out about print coverage of journals.

At other Ohio academic libraries:

OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot get periodicals through OhioLINK)

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Compiled by Ken Irwin.