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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Use encyclopedias and handbooks for overviews.  

Search: "oxford reference" (theatre OR theater OR drama) for links to: 

Search: handbook (theatre OR theater OR drama) for links to:

  • Methuen drama handbook of gender and theatre
  • Musical theater: A handbook of practical exercises
  • The Palgrave handbook of theatre and race
  • Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre
  • Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Art
 
Cambridge History of American TheatreAlso in print: REF PN2221 .C37 1998
 
Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama; REF PN1861 .C65 2007
 
Critical Survey of Drama; REF PN1625 .C69 2003 8 volumes
Essays on 538 dramatists and 64 overview essays on topics including African American drama, feminist theater, gay and lesbian theatre.
 
Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting: REF PN2091 .E4B66 2003
Theatre etiquette, current and antiquated theatrical lighting instruments, and current lighting practices. Has some 300 line drawings and addresses standard lighting procedures, practices, historical development, and strategies for dealing with theatre personalities.
 
Mcgraw Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work: REF PN1625 .M3 1984 5 volumes
Focuses on the achievements of playwrights who have influenced the evolution of world drama.
 
 
Theatre Backstage from A to Z: REF PN2091 .M3L68 1998
Terms and treatments important to the understanding of lighting, sound, scene design, set construction, and properties in the United States.
 
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: REF PN1584 .W67 6 volumes
Nations (47) and their theatres. From 1945 onward, each country's theatrical history is explored.   V.4 (The Arab world) and v.5. (Asia/Oceania) available online.

Canadian Sources

Canadian actors, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, theatre organizations and institutions, composers and plays available to the world.
 
Theatrical history in Canada from the cultures of the natives peoples to the present.
 
Details theatrical figures, plays, theatre and production companies ...
 
Plays, biographical, production, and theatrical information. 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights from Colonial times to the present by more than 100 women from the United States and Canada

Other Countries

Companion to Theatre in Australia; REF PN3011 .C66 1995

Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre: REF PN2860 .E53 2007

Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater: REF PQ7082 .D7E63 2003

Historical Dictionary of German Theater: REF PN2657 .G73 2006

Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre: REF PN2921 .L45 2006

Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater: REF PN2721 .S46 2007

The Routledge companion to contemporary European theatre and performance