LibGuides: Theatre: Background Information

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The sources on this page are good starting points for your research concerning theatre topics. Reference Sources are great for topic ideas, background information, definitions, and other ways to kick off your research.

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Online Theatre Reference Books

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance by Dennis Kennedy (Editor)
ISBN: 9780198601746
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance by Dennis Kennedy
ISBN: 9780199574193
Publication Date: 2010-09-17
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
ISBN: 9780521769549
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
ISBN: 9780826449597
A Primer in Theatre History: From the Greeks to the Spanish Golden Age
ISBN: 9780761860037
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
ISBN: 9781414480824
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
ISBN: 9780521434379
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
ISBN: 9780787656959
Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater
ISBN: 9780313290411
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Kurt Ganzl
Call Number: Mu R 782.14 G15e (downstairs)
ISBN: 9780028714455
Publication Date: 1994-03-01

Theatre Print Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre
Call Number: 792.095 En193L
ISBN: 9780313335297

A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800
927.92 H53 Vols. 1-10
Cambridge guide to American Theater
R 792.0973 C14
Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
R 809.2 C723
The Encyclopedia of World Theater
R 792.03 Es7
Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage
R 792 Yo8 vols. 1-2
The Oxford companion to the theatre
R 792 H25o1
Stage it with music : an encyclopedic guide to the American musical theatre
R 792.60973 H62
Theatre backstage from A to Z
R 792.0253 L93
Theatrical designers : an international biographical dictionary
R 792.025 M58
Who was in the theatre, 1912-1976 : biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, directors, playwrights, and producers of the English-speaking theatre
R 792.028 W62 vols. 1-4

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