Getting Started
This guide is intended for students and others who are researching the history of theatre.
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 Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
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Publication Date: 2007Investigates the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman worlds; ranges across a two thousand year period, including chapters on acting traditions, masks, properties, festivals, religion and drama, comedy and society. -
The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
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Publication Date: 2004Examines performance and production (music, actors, stagecraft and audience), plays and playwriting and issues of class and gender. Analyzes types of performance (comedy, farce, melodrama) and the economics of the theater. -
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.
