Drama and Theater Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: To provide resources for the study of drama and theater
Keywords: drama, theater, stage, acting, actors, dialogue, tragedy, authors' names (Shakespeare, William), type of drama ( Elizabethan drama, medieval plays),  time period ( medieval, modern, renaissance), monologue, performing arts,  costumes, critics
Call Numbers : PN 1600 - PN1861, PN 2000 - PN3299
Subjects: Acting, American drama, Costume, Drama, English drama, European drama, Monologues, Playwriting, Theater, Theater and society, Theater audiences, Theaters

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Critical Survey of Drama (REF PN1625.C68 2003)
Drama for Students (REF PN1601.D595)
Drama Criticism (REF PN1707.D7)
Masterplots II: Drama Series (REF PN6112.5.M37 2004)
Oxford Reference Online Premium (Performing Arts)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theater & Performance (REF PN2035.O94 2003)
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (REF PN1861.W67 1994)
The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook (PN2080.H6 1994)
History of the Theatre (PN2101 .B68 2003) 

Library Resources:
Humanities International Complete
Literature Resource Center Full text. Gale Research complete reference center offering biographies, bibliographies, and full text criticisms of authors and their work. Essays on authors genres, literary movements, themes, and topics. Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner Writer Series, Twayne's Authors Series, and more.
MLA International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Project Muse full text scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

Internet Resources:
Best Information on the Net (Theatre)

From Google - sites on performing arts.

From Yahoo directory - sites on drama

Inter-Play: an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals.

Justin's Drama and Theatre Link - A large collection of links to all aspects of theater, including history, practitioners, genres and styles, playwrights, scripts, companies, stagecraft, costumes, education and curriculum resources.

McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies maintained by: Ken McCoy, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair Communication Studies and Theatre Arts Stetson University.

Theatre History on the Web was selected as a "Web Site of Note" in the Winter 2001 Theatre issue of Architecture Boston (p.59).