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No Tags Selected Black Drama contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 150 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. Each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.
Good site for finding plays in anthologies, periodicals, etc.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
Older, but very substantial entries, bibliographies, and pictures.
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1926. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the Bibliography are also included.
Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design
The Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is a rare collection of original materials on the theatre comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.
North American Women's Drama will bring together more than 1,500 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information. Many of the works are rare, hard to find or out of print. Almost a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays.
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
Covers 1900 to 1985
Currently from 1949 to 2002.
Stagework - from the National Theatre and its regional partners
"Part of the official Web site of The Royal National Theatre of Britain...the site is a rich mine of information on all aspects of theater, from the play text to dramaturgy, from theatrical architecture to final performance." (Choice, April, 2010)
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all. This release contains 60 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Included are landmark performances such as The Iceman Cometh, Hamlet, Othello, Awake and Sing, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Playboy of the Western World, and others. Notable actors include Gene Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Richard Dreyfuss, Walter Matthau, Meryl Streep, and more. For the first time, students, instructors and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging, and these landmark performances can become a permanent part of the curriculum.
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Twentieth Century North American Drama contains more than 1,500 plays from the United States and Canada. In addition to providing a comprehensive full-text resource for students in the performing arts, the collection offers a unique window into the economic, historical, social, and political psyche of two countries. Scholars and students who use the database will have a new way to study the signal events and trends of the twentieth century - including the Depression, the role of women, the Cold War, and more - through the plays and performances of writers who lived through these decades.
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
"The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (WECT) is essentially an 'encyclopedia of nations and their theatres' (p. 3) that documents the artistic output and cultural resources of nearly every nation in the world."
Yale University Library Theatre Resources
An impressive online compilation of references to theatre resources. "This website provides a guide to conducting research in theater, dance and musical theater, highlighting key resources and search strategies."
