LibGuides: History of Theatre: Home

A Great Starting Point for Everyone:

Welcome to your Drama research project! The links and resources throughout this guide are meant to help you as you work through your research.

A great starting point for EVERYONE, regardless of assignment, is http://theatrehistory.com/

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A comprehensive resource including 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary works; and other key criticism and reference sources.

Historical Dictionary of American Theater by James L. Fisher; Felicia Hardison Londré
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780810855335
Publication Date: 2007-11-19
Focuses on legitimate drama, both as influenced by European modernism and as impacted by the popular entertainment of the era. Includes entries on plays, music, playwrights, performers, producers, critics, architects, and designers.
Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical by William A. Everett; Paul R. Laird
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780810860544
Publication Date: 2007-10-25
Provides a detailed history of the Broadway musical and includes entries on Broadway shows, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, and actors.
The History of Theatre by Ann Hosein (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781680480832
Publication Date: 2015-07-15
This guide to the theater's history covers theater arts around the globe, including ancient Eastern arts like Kabuki and more modern ones such as Bollywood.