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Biographical Information

African Americans in the Performing Arts. Call Number: REF PN 2286 .O88 2003

Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Call Number: REF PN 2208 .W52 1981-2008.

Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary. Call Number: REF PN 2205 .T54 1994

Women in American Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2286.8 .W66 2006

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Annotated Dictionary of Technical, Historical, and Stylistic Terms Relating to Theatre and Drama. Call Number: REF PN 2035 .W48 1995

Facts on File Dictionary of Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2035 .F27 1988

Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2035 .C63 1992

Oxford Companion to the Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2035 .O89 1983

Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre.

Encyclopedia of the American Theatre 1900-1975. Call Number: REF PN 2266 .B68 1980

Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2220 .B6 2004

Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Call Number: REF ML 102 .M88 2001 (3 vols.)

International Dictionary of Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 2035 .I49 1992

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Call Number: REF PN 1625 .M3 1984

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Call Number: REF PN 1861 .W67 1994 (6 vols.)

Handbooks & Guides

Cambridge Guide to American Theater. Call Number: REF PN 2220 .C35 1993

Cambridge Guide to Theatre.

Summer Theatre Directory. Call Number: REF PN 2289 .S8 latest edition
Annual publicatio.  Issue for forthcoming year usually received in December of previous year.

Specialized Sources

Contemporary American Theater Critics: A Directory and Anthology of Their Works. Call Number: General PN 1707.9 .C6 1977

Guide to Critical Reviews. Call Number: REF PN 2037 .S35
Part 1: American Drama, 1909-1982
Part 2: The Musical, 1909-1989
Part 3: Foreign Drama, !909-1977
Part 4: The Screenplay, from The Jazz Singer to Dr. Strangelove (2 vols.)
Part 4 Supplement: The Screenplay, 1963-1980

New York Times Theater Reviews .Call Number: Ref PN 2266 N48 1870-2000
The Times has published, in chronological order, the reviews as they appeared in the newspaper beginning with 1870.  The historical sets and the biennial volumes have indexes of titles, production companies, and personal names.

Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. Call Number: General PR 2894 .C33 2001
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Dictionary of Shakespeare. Call Number: REF PR 2892 .M398 2000

Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism. Call Number: General PR 3091 .S365 1997
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Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context.