In the course of your research, keep an eye out for Bibliographies. Bibliographies
are a terrific asset to research, because they provide a survey of what
has been written already on a given subject.
Finding Bibliographies in ORBIS:
Drama--Bibliography
Drama--History and Criticism--Bibliography
Theater--Bibliography
medieval drama and bibliography.su. (can substitute any keyword(s) in this
search)
drama--20th century--history and criticism--bibliography (can sometimes
substitute different time periods)
American drama--history and criticism--bibliography (can substitute different
subjects, e.g., English drama)
Selected Bibliographies
American Drama Criticism: Interpretations, 1890-1977. Floyd Eugene
Eddleman. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, 1979.
SML Reference Z1231 D7 P35 1979 (LC)
Bibliography of the American Theater, Excluding New York City.
Carl J. Stratman. Chicago: Loyola, 1965.
SML Z1231 D7 S84 (LC)
Bibliography of Medieval Drama. Carl J. Stratman. 2d ed., rev. and
enl. 2 vol. New York: Unger, 1972.
SML Reference Z5782 A2 S76 1972 (LC)
Critical Survey of Drama. Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, Calif.:
Salem Press, c1994.
SML Reference, PR623 C75 1994
A seven volume survey of British and American Drama
including bibliographical references, critical essays on drama, and index.
Drama Bibliography: A Short-Title Guide to Extended Reading in Dramatic
Art for the English-Speaking Audience and Students in Theater. Frederick
J. Hunter. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1971.
SML Reference Z5781 H86 (LC)
No annotations and limited almost entirely to English-language
publications. Index to authors, editors, subjects.
Drama Criticism. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, Inc., 1991- .
Drama, PN1601 +D72 (LC)
SML Reference, PN1601 +D72
A good source of basic criticism on major playwrights.
Drama Criticism: A Checklist of Interpretations Since 1940 of English
and American Plays. Arthur Coleman and Gary R. Tyler. Denver: 1966.
SML Z1231 D7 C65
Drama Reference Z1231 D7 C65
A quick way to find citations to criticism published
during the years 1940-1964. Arranged by playwright, then play, with a separate
section on Shakespeare.
Dramatic Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights
from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Paul F. Breed and Florence M. Sniderman.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1972.
SML Reference Z5781 B74
Drama Reference Z5781 B74 (LC)
Cites criticism found in English-language monographs
and periodicals. Arranged by playwright's name. Indexes to critics and to
play titles.
SML, Bibliography Z2002 +P65 (LC)
Also located at Beinecke Reference, British Art
Center Reference, and Divinity, Trowbridge Reading Room.
Contains records for works printed in any language
in England or its dependencies from 1473 through 1800, as well as works
printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period. Subject
headings appear in records for items published in 1700 or earlier. Continues:
Pollard, Alfred W. and Redgrave, G.W. Short Title Catalogue of books
printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English books printed
abroad, 1475-1640. (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976-1991)
English Theatrical Literature, 1559-1900: A Bibliography. James
Fullarton Arnott and John William Robinson.London: Society for Theatre Research,
1970.
SML Reference Z2014 D7 A75 (LC)
Beinecke Reference Z2014 D7 A75
The dates refer to the original publication of the
works described; later editions are also included. Opera, pantomime and
music halls are included, but not ballet or circus. Indexes to authors,
short titles, and places of publication.
Modern Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature on Twentieth Century
Plays. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1967.
SML Reference Z5781 A33 (LC)
Includes both general studies and studies of individual
plays.
Modern Drama in America and England, 1950-1970: A Guide to Information
Sources. Richard H. Harris. Detroit: 1982. SML Reference Z1231 D7 H36
SML Reference Z1231 D7 H36
Performing Arts/Books in Print; An Annotated Bibliography. Ralph
Newman Schoolcraft. New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1973.
SML Z6935 +S36 (LC)
Drama Z6935 +S36
This is a revised, rewritten, up-dated edition of
Theater Books in Print (see above). Presents descriptive information on
books concerned with theater, drama, motion pictures, television, radio,
the mass media. Arranged by broad aspects of the performing arts. Indexes:
author and editor; title; list of publishers, with addresses. For more current
books in print, search the online database of
Books
In Print.
Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theater Research: A Bibliographical
Guide 1900-1968. Carl J. Stratman, David G. Spencer, and Mary E. Devine,
eds. Carbondale, Ill.: 1971.
SML Reference Z2014 D7 S87 (LC)
Lists over 6000 studies devoted to dramatic and theatrical
activity in the British Isles during the Restoration and 18th century. Index
to names, titles, and subjects.
Theatre and Allied Arts: A Guide to Books Dealing with the History,
Criticism, and Technic of the Drama and Theatre and Related Arts and Crafts.
Blanch M. Baker. New York: Wilson, 1952.
SML, Subject Bibliography Z5781 B354 (LC)
Drama Library Reference Z-A B17 952
Annotated entries often include table of contents.
Author and subject indexes. Complete and thorough but old.
Theatre Books in Print: An Annotated Guide to the Literature of the
Theater, the Technical Arts of the Theater, Motion Pictures, Television
and Radio. A. E. Santaniello. 2d ed. New York: The Drama Book Shop,
1966.
SML Z5781 S26 1966 (LC)
Lists books that were in print up to 1965 but useful
now as a supplement to Performing Arts in Print (below). Note the Addenda.
Indexes: author and editor; title. For more current books in print,
search the online database of
Books
In Print.
United States theatre: a bibliography, from the beginning to 1990.
Robert Silvester. New York: G.K. Hall; Romsey, England: Motley Press, 1993.
SML Reference Z5781 +S55X 1993 (lc)
Wing
Short Title Catalog
Short Title Catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries,
1641-1700. Donald Wing. New York: Index Committee of the Modern Language
Association of America, 1972-1988.
SML, Bibliography Z2002 +W55 (LC)
Also located at Beinecke Reference, British Art
Center Reference, Divinity Stack Reference, and Medical/Historical Reference.
Yale University Library Research Guide in Theater Studies