Theater 180: Text and Performance
Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
Karen Olson
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Encyclopedia Databases for Theater Studies
- World Shakespeare Bibliography This link opens in a new windowAnnotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1960 and the present.
- North American Theatre Online This link opens in a new windowComprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre: some 40,000 pages of major reference materials. The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.
Production history, performance, playwrights, theorists, directors, etc.
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre by ISBN: 9780826466747Publication Date: 2003-01-01The 20th century was the great century of change in the theatre and this companion captures the modern dynamism and huge diversity of that vibrant period. This volume contains over 2500 entries, which are international in scope and written by 280 contributors from 20 countries.
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre by Call Number: Rolvaag Reference PN2860 .E53 2007ISBN: 9780313335297Publication Date: 2006-12-30A detailed and authoritative survey of traditional and contemporary Asian theatre. Print only; not available online.
The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre by ISBN: 9780195644463Publication Date: 2004-11-11The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre is the first reference work embracing both rural and urban modes of Indian theatre spanning its entire history of over 2000 years.
The Oxford Companion to the American Musical by ISBN: 9780195335330Publication Date: 2008-06-02This book offers a wealth of information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance by Call Number: Rolvaag Reference PN2035 .O92 2003ISBN: 0198601743Publication Date: 2003-05-01The Encyclopedia's inclusive approach encompasses opera and film, dance and radio, and para-theatrical, non-dramatic performances including circuses and carnivals, and parades and public executions--providing truly extensive coverage from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.
- Cambridge History of American Theatre (in print or online)
- Print Call Number: Rolvaag Reference PN2221 .C37 1998
- Online Volume 1 (Beginnings to 1870)
- Online Volume 2 (1870-1945)
- Online Volume 3 (Post-WWII to the 1990s)
This is only a sample of the theater reference works the library offers. Search for (theater OR theatre) AND encyclopedia and the geographic region that interests you for more!
