Searching for Lists of Plays in ORBIS:
Drama--Bibliography (useful for locating plays in collections and anthologies)
Drama--Indexes (useful for locating plays in collections and anthologies)
English drama--Bibliography
American drama--Bibliography (etc.)
Directory of the American Theater, 1894-1971; Indexed to the Complete
Series of Best Plays Theater Yearbooks. Otis L. Guernsey, Jr., ed. New
York: Dodd, Mead, 1971.
SML Reference PN6112 B47Bb (LC)
Drama Reference PN6112 B47b (LC)
Indexes authors and titles of Broadway, off-Broadway,
and off-off-Broadway shows named in the Best Plays annuals, including the
retrospective volumes dated 1894-1899, 1899-1909, and 1909-1919. Refers to
the volume and page of the Best Plays series.
Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States 1870 to 1916.
2 vol. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 1918.
SML Z5781 U55 (LC)
SML Microform (temporary) PBT2840
Includes over 60,000 titles of dramatic works registered
from 1870 to the end of 1916. Cross references from alternate and translated
titles. Arranged by title of play. Index to authors, translators, composers,
editors, at end of vol. 2.
Dramatic Play Lists, 1591-1963. Carl J. Stratman. New York: New
York Public Library, 1966.
SML Reference Z2014 D7 S86 (LC)
A master-list of printed play lists, issued separately
or as part of larger works. Arranged chronologically by date of the list,
with author/title index. Extremely useful.
Inter-Play is an on-line index to plays in collections,
anthologies, and periodicals and in a variety of languages. Separately-published
plays are not included as these can be located through local library catalogs.
Inter-Play contains approximately 16,130 citations to plays, many of which
are not included in the standard printed play indexes such as Ottemiller's
Index to Plays in Collections or H. W. Wilson's Play Index. For plays by the
most familiar authors (e.g. Shakespeare), you should also consult Orbis. The
sources indexed range from the late 19th century through the current year.
The database will be maintained on an on-going basis. Where possible, editor
and translator information for each play has been included and page numbers
in the various sources where the plays are located have been provided. Cross
references are provided for variant spellings of an author's name, for pseudonyms,
and for variant titles of a single play. The call numbers cited are those
assigned by the Portland State University Library. They are included to assist
users in finding call number locations for books in other libraries which
use Library of Congress classification.
A manual for the collector and amateur of old English plays. Edited
from the material formed by Kirkman, Langbaine, Downes, Oldys, and Halliwell-Phillipps,
with extensive additions and corrections. W. Carew Hazlitt. (London,
Pickering & Chatto, 1892.)
SML Reference Z2014 D7 H39 (LC)
Lists of English plays, indexed by author and title.
It includes plays in collections.
Ottemiller's index to plays in collections: an author and
title index to plays appearing in collections published
between 1900 and 1985. 7th ed. Revised and enlarged by Billie M. Connor and Helene
G. Mochedlover. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1988.
Drama Reference Z5781 O88 1988
SML Reference Z5781 O88 1988
The Player's Library: The Catalogue of the Library of the British Drama League. London: Faber and Faber, 1925-.
SML Z2014 D7 B75 (LC)
Two main sections: catalog of plays arranged by author,
with title index, and subject catalog of books on the theater, with index
of names.
"The Stage" Cyclopaedia: A Bibliography of Plays. H. J. Eldredge.
London: 1909.
SML Reference Z2014 D7 E43 (LC)
On title page: "An alphabetical list of plays and other
stage pieces of which any record can be found since the commencement of the
English stage, together with descriptions, authors' names, dates and places
of production, and other useful information...." Lists about 50,000 titles.
Useful finding list.
Three Centuries of English and American Plays: A Checklist. England:
1500-1800. United States: 1714- 1830. G. William Bergquist, ed. New York:
1963.
SML Z2014 D7 +B47 1963 (LC)
SML Reference Z2014 D7 +B47 1963 (LC)
Compiled to serve as an index to the contents of Microprint
edition of Three Centuries of English and American Plays. British Drama
League. Library.
Sells thousands of in-print and out-of-print plays, and other theatre-related books.
Yale University Library Research Guide in Theater Studies