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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.
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
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.
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)
Selected Specialized Web Resources for Theater
History
Global/International
GloPAC (global performing arts image
database, with much on Japanese theater)
Europe
United Kingdom
Continental Europe
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North America
Asia
Critical Approaches/Resources
Selected Directors and Playwrights
SEE ALSO
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Yale University Library Research Guide in Theater Studies