Theater History

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Theater--History

(THEATER can be subdivided by period, e.g. THEATER--HISTORY--17TH CENTURY or by location, e.g., THEATER--GREAT BRITAIN--HISTORY--18TH CENTURY. Note how the geographic location precedes the word history in the second example)

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Theater History Reference Sources

American Theatre Companies. Weldon B. Durham. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1986-1989.

SML Reference PN2221 A43 1986

In three volumes: v. 1. 1749-1887 -- v. 2. 1888-1930 -- v. 3. 1931-1986.

American Variety Stage

The American Variety Stage is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings, and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. Groups of theater posters and additional sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the future.

Arnott, James Fullarton. English theatrical literature, 1559-1900: a bibliography; incorporating Robert W. Lowe's 'A bibliographical account of English theatrical literature' published in 1888. London, Society for Theatre Research, 1970.

SML Reference Z2014 D7 A75 (LC)

Beinecke, Reference Z2014 D7 A75 (LC)

Brockett, Oscar C., with Franklin J. Hildy. History of the Theater. 8th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Drama PN2101 +B76 1999 (LC)

Earlier editions in Drama Library and in Cross Campus Library.

Brown, John Russell. The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.

CCL PN2111 O95X 1995

Fisk, Deborah Payne, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

SML Reference PR691 C35 2000

Drama PR691 C35 2000

The London stage, 1660-1800; a calendar of plays, entertainments & afterpieces, together with casts, box-receipts and contemporary comment. (Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1960-68.)

CCL, Stacks PN2592 L65 (two copies)

SML, Stacks, LC PN2592 L65

5 parts in 11 volumes. Compiled from the playbills, newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period. pt. 1. 1660-1700, edited by W. Van Lennep, with a critical introd. by E. L. Avery and A. H. Scouten.--pt. 2. 1700-1729, edited with a critical introd. by E. L. Avery. 2 v.--pt. 3. 1729-1747, edited with a critical introd. by A. H. Scouten. 2 v.--pt. 4. 1747-1776, edited with a critical introd. by G. W. Stone. 3 v.--pt. 5. 1776-1800, edited with a critical introd. by C. B. Hogan. 3. v.

Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers, 1690-1783. (New York : University Music Editions.)

CCL Electronic Text Center

CD-ROM index of performing arts articles in Colonial American Newspapers.

Stevens, David. English Renaissance Theatre History: a reference guide. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1982.

SML Reference, Z2014 D7 S78 1982

Wilmeth, Don B. and C. W. E. Bigsby. The Cambridge History of American Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

CCL PN2221 C37 1998

General History Reference Sources

America: History and Life. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, v. 0- 1964- .)

SML Reference Z1236 +A43 (LC)

SML, CD-ROM Reference Center

The primary index to the literature of American and Canadian History, covering over 2,000 journals in 45 languages. Also, includes dissertations and selected book, film and video reviews. Quarterly with annual cumulations. The print volumes are issued in four parts:

* Part A. Article abstracts and citations

* Part B. Index to book reviews

* Part C. American History bibliography, books, articles and dissertations

* Part D. Annual Index

Volume 0 covers 1954-1963. The CD-ROM covers 1964 to the present.

Historical Abstracts. (Santa Monica: ABC-Clio, 1955- )

SML Reference (Index Case) D1 +H48 (LC) / D1 +H482 (LC)

SML CD-ROM Reference Center

Abstracts of articles from over 2,000 U.S. and foreign periodicals, and Festscriften, covering world history and culture (not U.S. and Canada). It also includes citations of dissertations and selected book, film, and video reviews. The CD-ROM covers 1975 to the present. The print volumes go back to 1955.

Silvester, Robert. United States theatre: a bibliography, from the beginning to 1990. New York: G.K. Hall ; Romsey, England: Motley Press, 1993.

SML Reference Z5781 +S55X 1993 (LC)