- Provide background information to get you started.
- May have a bibliography at the end of the article
- Frequently provide information on the first production of a play
- Give the play's
original (foreign) title.
The two most helpful encyclopedias on this page are:
- Dictionary
of Literary Biography Series
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
- Dictionary
of Literary Biography Series
| Cl | Classical - plays | written 5th Century BC to the 1850s |
| M | Modern plays | written from the 1870s to World War II |
| Co | Contemporary plays | written since World War II |
| Time Period |
Library & call number | title of book |
|---|---|---|
| M & Co | drref PR623.C75 1994 v. 1-7 |
Critical survey of drama:English language series |
| M & Co | drref PN1625.C74 1986 v. 1-6 & suppl. |
Critical survey of drama: foreign language series |
| M & Co | drref PN41 .D484 1978 v.38 v.50 v.51 v.13 pt.1-2 v.62 v.58 v.10 pt.1 -pt.2 v.80 v.84 v.7 pt.1-pt. 2 |
Dictionary of Literary Biography Series: Afro-American writers after 1955 : dramatists and prose writers Afro-American writers before the Harlem renaissance Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 British dramatists since World War II Elizabethan dramatists Jacobean and Caroline dramatists Modern British dramatists, 1900-1945 Restoration and eighteenth-century dramatists : first series Restoration and eighteenth-century dramatists. Second series Twentieth-century American dramatists encyclopedia has criticism, biographical information, production history, photographs of productions, & bibliography of sources |
| M & Co | drref PS129 .D48 1982 v.4 |
Dictionary of Literary Biography Series:Tennessee
Williams encyclopedia has criticism, production history, biographical information, photographs of productions, & bibliography of sources |
| Cl & M | drref PN1625.E7 v. 1-9 |
Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo |
| Cl, M & Co |
drref PN1625 M3 1984 v.1-5 |
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama includes criticism, photographs of productions, information on first production & list of plays written, original title, English translation of title, date wrote and first production date |
| Cl | drref PR1892 C3 |
The Reader's Encyclopedia of SHAKESPEARE includes biographical information on Shakespeare, plot synopsis of each play, entries for major characters |
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