Dramaturgy: Classic Traditions Research Guide

Finding books

Search the library catalog (via the library home page) to find Productions, History, Photos of plays

• Play title or playwright in quotation marks: “measure for measure” "albee, edward"
• Combine with “dramatic production” -- “stage history” -- "pictorial"
• Choose the facet from the right column that narrows your search

Resources by Subject: Theatre (via library home page)

• Articles Academic OneFile and ABI Inform include theatre reviews and often images. See other important databases listed there as well.
• JStor provides full text access to historical articles.
• Dictionaries: Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, etc.
• Newspapers: Historical New York Times, Times (London), and more
• Primary Sources
• Reviews
• Web sites

Resources comprised of images:

ARTstor * [B.C.-present] Searchable database of more than 300,000 digital images and associated catalog data. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Users can search, view, and download images.

AP Images * The Associated Press, is one of the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. AP's mission is to be the essential global news network, providing distinctive news services of the highest quality, reliability and objectivity with reports that are accurate, balanced and informed. For more than a century, AP photographers have captured the greatest moments in history, news, sports and entertainment.

Google Images

Selected Reference Books (online or in print)

 The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre & performance / edited by Dennis Kennedy. Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. 2 v.

Provides comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.”
Reference – Online (Subject guides: Theatre / Dictionaries, etc.)

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama : an international reference work in 5 volumes / Stanley Hochman, editor in chief. New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c1984. 2nd ed. 5 v.
Contains photographs.
Reference PN 1625.M3 1984 IN PRINT

History (in print)

Theatre World.  (var. publishers) Annual. 1946, 1951 --.
 PN2277.N5 A17 4th floor. IN PRINT
   
Costumes and settings for staging historical plays / Jack Cassin-Scott. Boston: Plays, inc., 1979.
Table of Contents: v. 1. The classical period, v. 2. The Mediaeval period, v. 3. The Elizabethan and Restoration period, v. 4. The Georgian period.
Reference  PN2067.C33 1979   IN PRINT
Subject(s):  Costume--History.

Living Greek theatre : a handbook of classical performance and modern production / J. Michael Walton. New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
Reference PA3201.W36 1987  IN PRINT
Subject(s):    Theater--Greece—History; Theater--Production and direction; Greek drama--History and criticism.

A pictorial history of the American theatre, 1860-1980 / by Daniel Blum; enlarged by John Willis. New York : Crown Publishers, 1981.
PN2266.B585 1981  (4th flr)  IN PRINT
Subject(s):     Theater--United States--History--Pictorial works.

Documents of American theater history / William C. Young. Chicago : American Library Association, 1973.
Table of Contents: v. 1. Famous American playhouses, 1716-1899, v. 2. Famous American playhouses, 1900-1971.
NA6830.Y67 1973a (3rd floor) IN PRINT

American theatre: a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1869-1914 / Gerald Bordman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Reference PN2256.B6 1994
Subject(s):  Theater--United States--History

American theatre: a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1914-1930 / Gerald Bordman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Reference PN2266.3.B67 1995

American theatre: a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1930-1969 / Gerald Bordman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Reference PN2266.B64 1996

American theatre: a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1969-2000 / Thomas S. Hischak. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Reference PN2277.N5 H57 2000

American musical theatre : a chronicle / Gerald Bordman. 3d ed. Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Reference ML1711 .B67 2001
Subject: Musicals--United States--History and criticism

Complete book of the American musical theater; a guide to more than 300 productions of the American musical theater from The black crook (1866) to the present, with plot, production history, stars, songs, composers, librettists, and lyricists. New York, Holt [1958]
ML1711.E9 -- 3d floor IN PRINT

Reviews

See the Theatre Subject Guide / Reviews on the library home page for online reviews

A guide to critical reviews by James M. Salem. Scarecrow Press, 1984-1991. American Drama, 1909-1982; The Musical, 1909-1989; Foreign Drama, 1901-1977.Reference Non - Circulating, First Floor  PN2266 .S16 1984 IN PRINT

The New York Times directory of the theater / introd. by Clive Barnes. [New York] : Arno Press, [1973]
Contains the appendix and index to The New York Times theater reviews, 1920-1970.
PN2277.N5 N52 (4th flr) IN PRINT

New York theatre critics' reviews. (Also Critics' theatre reviews (1940-1942) and National theatre critics' reviews (1995-1996)). New York, N.Y.: Critics' Theatre Reviews, Inc., 1940-1955 on microfilm; 1956-1996 in reference.
"Theatre critics' reviews brings you the complete reviews from these New York publications and stations whenever covered by the critic:  New York daily news, Wall Street journal, Time, New York post, Women's wear daily, WABC-TV, CBS-TV, New York times, Christian Science monitor, Newsweek."
Reference  PN2000.N76  Located on 2nd floor, Bound Periodicals   IN PRINT