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Search
Examples |
Explanation |
| Plays
by author |
a:wilson
august
bertolt brecht and (t:collected or t:complete)
|
a:
searches for keywords in the author index only
Add the keywords (t:collected or t:complete) to the search for
author name to find collections of the the dramatist's work |
| Plays
by Title |
iceman
cometh
ma and black and bottom
journey into night
|
Enter
the full title as a keyword search. Unique titles are more likely to result
in exact matches.
If you do not remember all the title words or the correct order of words
enter in separate words combined with and. Again, unique titles are
more likely to result in close matches.
Enter part of a title. Unique titles are more likely to result in close
matches. |
| "Best
of" play collections |
t:best
and t:play* |
Enter
the search t:best and t:play* to find titles like Best American
Plays or Best Plays of the Sixties. |
Chicorel
Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies and Collections
1st Floor, Reference 016.80882 C53c
This index covers individual plays that appear in over 3,000 anthologies,
collections, and periodicals. It is a standard reference tool in the field
of theater, is international in scope, and includes one act and full length
plays.
Cumulated Dramatic Index, 1909-1949
1st Floor, Reference 016.80882 C96c
Cumulated Dramatic Index is a guide to articles and illustrations
to articles and illustrations concerning the stage and its players that
appeared in American and British periodicals. References to texts of plays
are featured as well as references to books on drama and indexing to a wide
range of other critical, historical, and biographical articles.
Drury's Guide to Best Plays, 4th ed.
1st Floor, Reference 016.80882 D79d
Drury's Guide "Includes information on approximately 1,500 selected,
nonmusical, full-length plays in English." The scope of this guide
is international (Europe, Asia, the Americas) and it covers all dramatic
periods (Greece, Rome, Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration/Eighteenth century,
Victorian, Modern, Contemporary). It is intended to service "play-givers,
playgoers, play-readers, and the librarians who serve them." The emphasis
on this edition is play-givers.
Index to Plays in Periodicals, revised and expanded ed.
1st Floor, Reference 016.80882 K29i
This is an author and title index to plays in over 260 periodicals. Complete
location information is given under the dramatist's entry as well as dates
of publication, a brief description of the plays, and the number of acts.
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
3rd Floor 016.8 O89i6
Ottemiller's serves as an author and title index to plays appearing
in collections published between 1900 and early 1975. The scope of the plays
included are from earliest times to the present day. Anthologies and collections
indexed were published in the the United States or the United Kingdom. The
index intends to assist with locating plays which are not available locally
in an author's collected works or in separate form.
Play Index
1st Floor, Reference 016.8 P72p
This source indexes individual plays and plays in collections by author,
title, and subject. The index includes a cast analysis section, a list of
drama anthologies, and a directory of publishers and distributors.
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| Search
the periodical databases to: |
|
Find current plays that appear
the periodical, American Theatre Find reviews of plays |
| Use the Search
for Articles page to find the databases
most likely to index periodicals that contain play texts or play reviews. |
| |
Search Examples |
Explanation |
|
Plays
Texts in American Theatre |
playscript
|
The playscript descriptor
is included with every complete play text that appears in American
Theatre. |
|
Plays
Reviews |
David
mamet and theatre review
wasserstein and theatre review
angels in America and theatre review
small and craft and theatre review
journey into night and theatre review
|
Enter
the author's full name or last name combined with the words theatre
review.
Enter the full title as a keyword search combined with the words theatre
review. Unique titles are more likely to result in exact matches.
If you do not remember all the title words or the correct order of words
enter in separate words combined with and combined with the words
theatre review. Again, unique titles are more likely to result
in close matches.
Enter part of a title combined with the words theatre review.
Unique titles are more likely to result in close matches. |
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| Search
play publishers to: |
|
Locate individual play
texts for purchase. View lists of play titles
by contemporary play authors. |
| Use the Play
Script Publishers page to locate "classic" play
texts as well as contemporary, hard-to-find play texts for purchase
at publishers like Samuel French and Dramatists Play Service. Use
the Yahoo! Shopping Books
page to order individual plays, play author play collections, and
play anthologies from such online booksellers as Amazon.com and Barnes
and Noble. |
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| Search
the World Wide Web: |
| Locate individual public
domain play texts, often considered "classic" plays.
Locate contemporary plays
that are posted and freely distributed by the play authors themselves. |
| Use the Drama
and Theatre WWW Resources page to locate sites with links
to play texts. Use Web sites like Project
Gutenberg to find public domain play texts. Use sites such
as the Dramatic Exchange to obtain contemporary play texts that are posted and distributed
freely with the permission of the play authors. |
