Library Guides: Theater Research: Start here

Theater Research Guide - welcome

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Studies; lots of great video interviews with playwrights and artists. This link will take you to the Research Guide, African American Theater resources, created by Schomburg Center. The author links to several recent conversations, Theater Talks.

General Background Information - Bios, Encyclopedias, Misc.

These resources are all FULL TEXT, and great places to start your research. NOTE: Encyclopedias and biographies are great ways to get started, but not considered as Scholarly or Academic sources.

American Decades
1900-1999, by decade. Divided into all facets of life.
American National Biography
Biographical essays on anyone deceased individuals "whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history."
Biography in Context
Provides biographical information of more than one million people throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas. Searchable by birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biography sources, statistics, and other information.
International Dictionary of Theater (Print)
1. Plays-- 2. Playwrights -- v. 3. Actors directors and designers. Although it has not been updated since 1992, it's a good source and may contain production photos.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, beginning with the fourth century BC, but not including living people.

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Theater Research

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Theater Research Guide - welcome

General Background Information - Bios, Encyclopedias, Misc.

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