Getting Started
This guide is intended for students who are researching theater-related issues.
Reference works are an excellent way of getting background information on your topic. They're usually trustworthy because they've been written and reviewed by subject experts.
Reference Database
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Grove Art Online (via Oxford Art Online) This link opens in a new windowSubjects: Visual Arts, Artists, Aesthetics
Info type: scholarly encyclopedia articles, biographies, images, book info, definitions
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Reference - Internet
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Theatre Terms, AACTDefinitions of theater terms, provided by the American Association of Community Theatre.
Reference eBooks
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The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre
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Publication Date: 2013Contains over 2500 entries including biographical information, entries on theatres and theatre companies, explanations of technical terms and theatrical genres and synopses of major plays. -
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater, 1930-2010
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Publication Date: 2011Covers the ever-changing history of the American theater with emphasis on major movements, persons, plays and events. -
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing
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Publication Date: 2013Explores rehearsal and staging principles and methods of Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Brecht, revising standard perspectives on their work. Analyses contemporary directors such as Mnouchkine, LeCompte, Sellars, Wilson, Ostermeier and Korsunovas, among others.
