Indexes and Abstracts
Abstracts of English Studies. Boulder, CO: National Council of Teachers of English, 1958
Brief summaries of American and foreign periodical articles in English.
REF-INDEX PE1 .A2.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1923
Comprehensive, annotated bibliography devoted to English, American and Commonwealth literature and
language. Includes book reviews. Arrangement is chronological with subheadings for general works and authors.
REF-INDEX Z2011 .M69.
British Humanities Index. London: The Library Association, 1962
Covers criticism and reviews of books, theater, and films
REF-INDEX AI3 .B7.
Sader, Marion. Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970, Series One. Millwood,
N.Y.: Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1976
The largest, most comprehensive index to little magazines, most of which were literary in nature.
REF-INDEX PN4836 .S23; 016.051.
Sears, Minnie Earl, and Marian Shaw. Essay and General Literature Index. New York: H. W. Wilson Co, 1933
Subject and author index to essays in collections and as chapters in miscellaneous works. Much literary criticism.
REF-INDEX AI3 .E752.
Humanities Index. New York: H. W. Wilson Co, 1975
A general subject index. Prior to 1974 it is called the Social Sciences and Humanities Index
REF-INDEX AI3 .H85.
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. Library ed. New
York: Modern Language Association of America, 1922
Listing of scholarly research from books, essays, dissertations, festschriften, and articles in English and most
European languages.
REF-INDEX Z7006 .M64, E-RESOURCE.
Play Indexes
Fidell, Estelle A. Play Index. New York, NY: H. W. Wilson Co., 1952
REF-INDEX Z5781 .P53.
Bzowski, Frances Diodato. American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930 : A Checklist. Bibliographies and Indexes in
Women's Studies. Vol. 15. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992
Provides access to plays in collections
REF PS338.W6 B95 1992.
Chicorel, Marietta. Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Periodicals. Her Chicorel Index Series. 1st ed. Vol. 8. New
York: Chicorel Library Pub. Corp., 1973
Covers periodicals from about 1900 to 1973.
REF-INDEX Z5781 .C487.
———. Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies, Periodicals, Discs and Tapes. Her [Chicorel Index Series, v.
1-2]. New York: Chicorel Library Pub. Co., 1970
REF-INDEX Z5781 .C485.
Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck. Index to Plays, 1866-1926, Supplement. New York: H. W. Wilson company, 1935
REF-INDEX Z5781.A1 F5 Sup.
———. Index to Plays, 1800-1926. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1927
REF-INDEX Z5781.A1 F5.
Ireland, Norma Olin, and Ruth Gibbons Thomson. Index to Full Length Plays 1944 to 1964. Useful Reference
Series. Vol. 92. Boston: F. W. Faxon Co., 1965
REF-INDEX Z5781 .T52.
———. Index to Full Length Plays 1944 to 1964. Useful Reference Series. Vol. 92. Boston: F. W. Faxon Co., 1965
REF-INDEX Z5781 .T52.
Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Periodicals. Rev. and expand ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979
REF-INDEX PN1721 .K4.
———. Index to Plays in Periodicals. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971
REF-INDEX Z5781 .K43.
Keller, Dean H., and Dean H. Keller. Index to Plays in Periodicals, 1977-1987. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press,
1990
REF PN1721 .K4 1990.
Logasa, Hannah, and Winifred Ver Nooy. An Index to One-Act Plays. Supplement. Useful Reference Series. Vol.
46, 68, 78, 87, 94. Boston: Faxon, 1931
REF-INDEX Z5781 .L83 Sup.
―——. An Index to One-Act Plays. Useful Reference Series. Vol. 30. Boston: W. F. Faxon Co., 1924
REF-INDEX Z5781 .L83.
Morris, Karen. The Smith and Kraus Monologue Index. Career Development Series. 1st ed. Vol. 2. Lyme, NH:
Smith and Kraus, 1995
Indexes monologues by location, age and type (dramatic, comedic)
REF PN2080 .S6 1995.
Ottemiller, John H., Billie M. Connor, and Helene G. Mochedlover. Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections : An
Author and Title Index to Plays Appearing in Collections Published between 1900 and . [Index to plays in
collections.]. Metuchen, N.J. ; London: Scarecrow, 1943
For the period 1900-1975, includes coverage of books published in the U.S. and England; for 1975-1985,
includes anthologies and collections published in all English-speaking countries, and contains theatrical works
originating from all over the world.; Contents: Author index -- List of collections and key to symbols -- Title
index.
REF-INDEX PN1655 .O8 7th ed.
Patterson, Charlotte A. Plays in Periodicals : An Index to English Language Scripts in Twentieth Century Journals.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1970
REF-INDEX Z5781 .P3.
Samples, Gordon. The Drama Scholars' Index to Plays and Filmscripts : A Guide to Plays and Filmscripts in
Selected Anthologies, Series, and Periodicals. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974
REF-INDEX Z5781 .S17.
Thomson, Ruth Gibbons. Index to Full Length Plays, 1895 to 1925. Useful Reference Series. Vol. 85. Boston: F.W.
Faxon Co., 1956
REF-INDEX Z5781 .T49
———. Index to Full Length Plays, 1926 to 1944. Useful Reference Series. Vol. 71. Boston: The F.W. Faxon
company, 1946
REF-INDEX Z5781 .T5
———. Index to Full Length Plays, 1926 to 1944. Useful Reference Series. Vol. 92. Boston: The F.W. Faxon
company, 1965
REF-INDEX Z5781 .T52
Full Texts of Plays - Electronic
American Film Scripts Online. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2003
E-Resource.
Black Drama, 1850 to Present. Chicago: Alexander Street Press, 2001
Includes the texts of plays by Black playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and
other African diaspora countries. Keyword and multi-field searching of the full texts of plays is available.
E-Resource.
Early English Books Online. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Bell & Howell Information and Learning, 1999
Reproduces works listed in: Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title catalogue, Wing's Short title catalogue and
Thomason tracts.
E-Resource.
Perseus Digital Library. Medford, MA: Tufts University, Classics Department, 1990
Includes a large database of images (coins, vases, sculpture), Greek and Latin texts and translations, resources
for textual studies, and English word searches of the texts.
E-Resource.
Full Text of Plays - Microformats
English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century. New York, N.Y.: Readex Microprint Corp., 1965
Individual title information may be located in FirstSearch Worldcat using the series title information.
PER-Opaque MP 808.208 EAD.
Freedley, George, and Allardyce Nicoll. Nineteenth Century American Drama. New Canaan, Ct.: Readex, 1986
Finding aid is located behind the Periodical Desk under the same call number. Individual titles may also be
located using FirstSearch Worldcat
PER-Microfiche (Mficc) PS632 .N56.
———. Nineteenth Century English Drama. New Canaan, Ct.: Readex, 1985
Individual titles may also be located using FirstSearch Worldcat as well as the Ellis work listed below.
PER Microfiche (MFICC) PR1271 .N56.
Ellis, James, Joseph W. Donohue, and Louise Allen Zak. English Drama of the Nineteenth Century : An Index and
Finding Guide. New Canaan, Conn.: Readex Books, 1985
Finding aid for the microfiche collection Nineteenth Century English Drama
REF PR 1271.E5 1985.
Wells, Henry Willis. Three Centuries of Drama. New York, N.Y.: Readex Microprint, Corp., 1966-1967
Individual titles may also be located using FirstSearch Worldcat as well as the Bergquist and Wells work listed
below.
PER-Opaque MP808.208 TCD.
Bergquist, G. William, and Henry Willis Wells. Three Centuries of English and American Plays : A Checklist.
England: 1500-1800, United States: 1714-1830. New York: Hafner Pub. Co., 1963
Serves as a finding aid for the microcard set of the same name
REF-Index Z2014.D7 B45.
Biographies
Biographical Indexes
Biography Index. New York: H. W. Wilson Co, 1949
Indexes biographies from books and journal articles.
REF-INDEX Z5301 .B5.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997
Index to biographical citations in books and journals
E-RESOURCE
Full-Text Biographies
Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 1999
Contains full-text biographies of contemporary individuals and historical figures. Contains information from
Contemporary Dramatists, Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, International Dictionary of Films and
Filmmakers, International Dictionary of Theatre, Who's Who in Theatre, and Women Filmmakers and Their Films
E-RESOURCE.
Literature Resource Center. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1998
Includes links to selected articles in the Dictionary of literary biography, Contemporary authors, Contemporary
literary criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism and other Gale publications.
E-RESOURCE.
Contemporary Dramatists. Contemporary Writers of the English Language. London; New York: St. James Press;
St. Martin's Press, 1973
Biographical index to writers in English from all English speaking countries. Contains short essays and critical
studies
REF PR737 .C57 1999.
Anderson, Michael John. Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary Drama. A Crowell Reference Book. New York:
Crowell, 1971
REF PN1861 .C7.
Berney, K. A., and N. G. Templeton. Contemporary American Dramatists. Contemporary Literature Series.
London ; Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1994
REF PS352 .C65 1994.
———. Contemporary British Dramatists. Contemporary Literature Series. London ; Detroit: St. James Press,
1994
Biographical materials in the form of signed essays.
REF PR736 .C577 1994.
———. Contemporary Women Dramatists. Contemporary Literature Series. London ; Detroit: St. James Press,
1994
REF PR736 .C58 1994.
Clark, Randall. American Screenwriters : Second Series. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 44. Detroit, Mich.:
Gale Research Co., 1986
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.44.
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1984
The title is also available electronically in the Biography Resource Center
REF PN2285 .C58.
Demastes, William W. British Playwrights, 1956-1995 : A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1996
Essays with descriptions of plays, career assessments. Includes references
REF PR736 .B75 1996.
———. American Playwrights, 1880-1945 : A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 1995
Essays on selected playwrights and their works.
REF PS351 .A43 1995.
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1978
Each volume focuses on a literary topic and primary individuals within the literary specialty. Each volume
includes signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45.
Backscheider, Paula R. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol.
84. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1989
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.84.
———. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 89. Detroit, MI:
Gale Research, 1989
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.89.
———. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists : First Series. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 80.
Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1989
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v. 80.
Bowers, Fredson. Elizabethan Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 62. Detroit, Mich.: Gale
Research Co., 1987
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.62.
———. Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 58. Detroit, Mich.: Gale
Research, 1987
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.58.
Bull, John. British and Irish Dramatists since World War II. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 310. Detroit:
Thomson Gale, 2005
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.310.
———. British and Irish Dramatists since World War II. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 245. Detroit, MI:
Gale Group, 2001
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.245.
―——. British and Irish Dramatists since World War II. Second Series. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol.
233. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2001
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.233.
Elfe, Wolfgang, and James N. Hardin. Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1889-1918. Dictionary of
Literary Biography. Vol. 118, 124. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v. 118, v. 124.
MacNicholas, John. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 7. Detroit,
Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1981
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.7.
Morsberger, Robert Eustis, Stephen O. Lesser, and Randall Clark. American Screenwriters. Dictionary of
Literary Biography. Vol. 26. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1984
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v. 26.
Versényi, Adam. Latin American Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 305. Detroit: Thomson
Gale, 2005
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.305.
Weintraub, Stanley. British Dramatists since World War II. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 13. Detroit,
Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1982
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.13.
———. Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 10. Detroit, Mich.: Gale
Research Co., 1982
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.10.
Wheatley, Christopher J. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. Fourth Series. Dictionary of Literary
Biography. Vol. 266. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.266.
———. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. Third Series. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 249.
Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2002
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.249.
———. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 228. Detroit, MI: Gale
Group, 2000
Signed essays with biographical information on dramatists. Often include timelines and work lists.
REF PN41 .D45 v.228.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook. Detroit, Mi: Gale Research Co., 1980
REF PS221 .D5.
Kolin, Philip C. American Playwrights since 1945 : A Guide to Scholarship, Criticism, and Performance. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1989
Provides biographical information, production histories, bibliographies of playwrights works aas well as secondary
sources
REF PS350 .A45 1989.
Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Drama. Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1994
Contains individual articles on dramatists from the 1500s to the 20th century.
REF PR623 .C75 1994.
———. Critical Survey of Drama : Foreign Language Series. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1986
Critical essays examine representative plays and identify themes and characteristics employed by more than 170
dramatists ranging from Aeschylus in 400 B.C. to the contemporary Austrian Peter Handke.
REF PN1625 .C74 1986.
Mann, David, Susan Garland Mann, and Camille Garnier. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland, and Scotland,
1660-1823. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996
Essays on individual playwrights with references.
REF PR635.W6 M36 1996.
Otfinoski, Steven. African Americans in the Performing Arts. A to Z of African Americans. New York, NY: Facts on
File, Inc., 2003
REF PN2286 .O88 2003; B21.
Peterson, Bernard L. Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers : A Biographical Directory and
Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990
Alpha listing of playwrights with biographies, lists of major works (with descriptions) and references
REF PS153.N5 P44 1990.
Rigdon, Walter. Notable Names in the American Theatre. New and rev. ed. Clifton, N.J.: J. T. White, 1976
Revised version of The Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre. Includes necrology
and list of words.
REF PN2285 .N6 1976.
Wearing, J. P. American and British Theatrical Biography : A Directory. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979
Bibliography of biographical resources
REF PN2285 .W42.
Who's Who in the Theatre. London; Detroit: Pitman; Gale Research
REF PN2012 .W5.
Young, William C. Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage. His Documents of American Theater
History. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1975
Biographies of actors - in particular those of the 18th and 19th centuries
REF PN2285 .Y6 1975b.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Terminology
Band-Kuzmany, Karin R. M. Glossary of the Theatre. in English, French, Italian and German. Glossaria
Interpretum, 15. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Pub. Co., 1969
REF PN2035 .B3.
Bowman, Walter Parker, and Robert Hamilton Ball. Theatre Language; a Dictionary of Terms in English of the
Drama and Stage from Medieval to Modern Times. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1961
REF PN2035 .B6; 792.03.
Hodgson, Terry. The Drama Dictionary. New York, NY: New Amsterdam Books, 1988
Short entries for phrases and terminology
REF PN1625 .H62 1988.
Mobley, Jonnie Patricia. NTC's Dictionary of Theatre and Drama Terms. Lincolnwood, Ill.: National Textbook Co.,
1992
Concise definitions of terms
REF PN2035 .M63 1992.
Pavis, Patrice, and Christine Shantz. Dictionary of the Theatre : Terms, Concepts, and Analysis [Dictionnaire du
théâtre.]. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1998
REF PN2035 .P2913 1998.
General Works
Banham, Martin. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. New ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press,
1995
Phrases, people, and places
REF PN2035 .C27 1995.
Bordman, Gerald Martin, and Thomas S. Hischak. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 3rd ed. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2004
REF PN2220 .B6 2004.
Bronner, Edwin. The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre, 1900-1975. San Diego, CA.: A. S. Barnes, 1979
REF PN2266 .B68.
Esslin, Martin, and Karl Gröning. The Encyclopedia of World Theater : With 420 Illustrations and an Index of Play
Titles. New York: Scribner, 1977
Contains short paragraph descriptions. Some articles have bibliographies.
REF PN2035 .E52 1977.
Franks, Don. Entertainment Awards : A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003.
3rd ed. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2005
MEDIA-REF PN2270.A93 F68 2005.
Hartnoll, Phyllis. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed. Oxford Oxfordshire ; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1983
Concise information on people and terminology
REF PN2035 .O9 1983.
Hawkins-Dady, Mark, and Leanda Shrimpton. International Dictionary of Theatre. Chicago: St. James Press, 1992
REF PN2035 .I49 1992.
Hochman, Stanley, and inc 20 McGraw-Hill. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama : An International
Reference Work in 5 Volumes. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1984
Lists of plays, editions, criticism for each author
REF PN1625 .M3 1984.
Kennedy, Dennis. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University
Press, 2003
REF PN2035 .O94 2003.
Lal, Ananda. The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004
REF PN2881 .O95 2004
Leiter, Samuel L. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1940-1950. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992
REF PN2277.N5 L365 1992.
Leiter, Samuel L., and Holly Hill. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1985
REF PN2277.N5 L36 1985
Leiter, Samuel L., and Samuel L. Leiter. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1930-1940. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1989
REF PN2277.N5 L364 1989.
Rubin, Don. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. London ; New York: Routledge, 1994
Multi-volume set provides access to information by country.
REF PN1861 .W67 1994.
Woll, Allen L. Dictionary of the Black Theatre : Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Selected Harlem Theatre. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983
Documents shows with dates and other performance information
REF PN2270.A35 W64 1983
Character Identification / Plot synopses
Magill, Frank N., editor. Masterplots: 1,801 plot stories and critical evaluations of the world's finest literature.
Rev. ed. Pasadena, Cal.: Salem Press, 1996
REF PN44 .M33 1996
Peterson, Richard. The Character Catalogue : Who's Who in One Hundred Fifty Modern Plays. 1st ed. New York:
Drama Book Publishers, 1984
REF PN1711 .P4 1984
Sharp, Harold S., and Marjorie Z. Sharp. Index to Characters in the Performing Arts. New York: Scarecrow Press,
1966
Short entries identifying 30,000 characters in non-musical plays, operas and musicals, ballets, radio and TV.
REF PN1579 .S45.
Sobczak, A. J., Janet Alice Long, and Frank Northen Magill. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Rev. ed. Pasadena,
Calif.: Salem Press, 1998
REF PN44 .M3 1998.
Criticism and Reviews
Indexes to Criticism and Reviews
The New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Co, 1851
Check under the heading "theatre" for reviews of specific productions
REF-INDEX AI21 .N44.
The Times Index. Reading, Eng.: Newspaper Archive Developments Ltd, 1973
Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Time
educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.
REF-INDEX AI21 .T46.
Adelman, Irving, and Rita Dworkin. Modern Drama : A Checklist of Critical Literature on 20th Century Plays.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1967
Provides information on dramatic criticism for plays in the early part of the 20th century
REF Z5781 .A35.
Breed, Paul Francis, and Florence M. Sniderman. Dramatic Criticism Index : A Bibliography of Commentaries on
Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1972REF-INDEX Z5781 .B8.
Carpenter, Charles A. Modern Drama : Scholarship and Criticism, 1981-1990 : An International Bibliography.
Toronto ; Buffalo: Published in association with Modern Drama by University of Toronto Press, 1997REF PN1851
.C37 1997.
———. Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1966-1980 : An International Bibliography. Toronto ; Buffalo:
University of Toronto Press, 1986REF PN1851 .C37 1986.
Gavin, Christy. American Women Playwrights, 1964-1989 : A Research Guide and Annotated Bibliography.
Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Vol. 879. New York: Garland Pub., 1993
Bibliography of biographical materials in books and journals. Play reviews.
REF PS338.W6 G38 1993.
Palmer, Helen H. European Drama Criticism, 1900-1975. 2d ed. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1977
REF-INDEX Z5781 .P2 1977.
Texts of Criticism and Reviews
Contemporary Literary Criticism. Annual Cumulative Title Index. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1988
Biographical information combined with reprints of literary critiques.
REF PN771 .C592.
New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. New York, N.Y.: Critics' Theatre Reviews, inc., 1943
"Theatre critics' reviews brings you the complete reviews from these New York publications and stations
whenever covered by the critic: New York daily news, Wall Street journal, Time, New York post, Women's wear
daily, WABC-TV, CBS-TV, New York times, Christian Science monitor, Newsweek."
REF PN2000 .N76.
Beckerman, Bernard, and Howard Siegman. On Stage; Selected Theater Reviews from the New York Times,
1920-1970. New York: Quadrangle, 1973REF PN2277.N5 B4.
Leonard, William T. Theatre : Stage to Screen to Television. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1981
Provides information on theatre, film and TV credits with some comments and critiques for those productions
which have been adapted
REF PN2189 .L44
Riley, Carolyn. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1973
Provides biographical information as well as reprints of literary criticism
REF PN771 .C59.
Shuman, R. Baird. American Drama, 1918-1960 : An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press,
1992
Critical studies of 27 major playwrights
REF PS350 .S55 1992.
Slide, Anthony. Selected Theatre Criticism. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1985
REF PN2277.N5 S44 1985.
Stein, Rita, and Friedhelm Rickert. Major Modern Dramatists. Library of Literary Criticism. New York: Ungar, 1984
Arranged by country. Provides criticsm of individual writers' works.
REF PN1861 .M27 1984.
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co, 1978
REF PN771 .G27.
Selected Visual Art Resources
Banham, Joanna, and Leanda Shrimpton. Encyclopedia of Interior Design. London ; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn
Publishers, 1997
FAL-REF NK1165 .E53 1997.
Fiell, Charlotte, and Peter Fiell. 1900s, 1910s Decorative Art : A Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A131 2000.
———. 30s, 40s Decorative Art : A Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A134 2000.
———. Design of the 20th Century. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 1999
FAL-REF NK1390 .F525 1999.
Fiell, Peter, and Charlotte Fiell. 20s Decorative Art ; a Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A132 2000.
———. 50s Decorative Art : A Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A134 2000.
———. 60s Decorative Art : A Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A136 2000.
———. 70s Decorative Art : A Source Book. Köln ; New York: Taschen, 2000
FAL NK1390 .A138 2000.
Fiell, Peter, Simone Philippi, and Susanne Uppenbrock. 1000 Chairs. Köln ; London: Taschen, 2000
FAL-REF NK2715 .F47 2000.
Harling, Robert. Studio Dictionary of Design & Decoration. A Studio Book. Rev. and enl. ed. New York: Viking
Press, 1973
FAL-REF NK1165 .S78 1973.
Pegler, Martin M. The Dictionary of Interior Design. F.I.T. Collection. Rev. ed. New York: Fairchild, 1983
FAL NK1165 .P4 1983.
Stafford, Maureen, and Dora Ware. An Illustrated Dictionary of Ornament. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975
FAL-REF NK1165 .S72 1975.
Selected Music Resources
Bloom, Ken. American Song : The Complete Musical Theatre Companion. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1985
Information on musicals, musical productions, and song titles
REF ML128.M78 B6 1985.
Gänzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. 2nd ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001
REF ML102.M88 G3 2001.
Hischak, Thomas S. The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995
Encyclopedia of theatre song titles and information about the shows and characters who perform the songs.
REF ML102.M88 H59 1995.
———. Stage it with Music : An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Musical Theatre. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1993
REF ML102.M88 H6 1993.
Suskin, Steven, and Steven Suskin. Show Tunes : The Songs, shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major
Composers ; with a Foreword by Michael Feinstein. Rev. and expand 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press,
2000
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Peacock, John, and John Peacock. Costume, 1066-1990s. Rev. ed. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994
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Racinet, A. The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes [Costume historique.]. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1988
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Steele, Valerie. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Scribner Library of Daily Life. Detroit: Thomson, 2005
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Yarwood, Doreen. The Encyclopedia of World Costume. New York: Scribner, 1978
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