Florida Atlantic University Libraries

When using the ALEPH library catalog to look for books and other materials, you may want to do a "Subject" search and use the following Library of Congress subject headings which are in all caps. This is not a complete list. (Note: Use two dashes (located next to the zero/0 on the keyboard) to separate subdivisions from headings.)

*Locating materials in the S.E. Wimberly Library*
Feel free to walk through the stacks; sometimes the best books are found by browsing. These call numbers provide the general location of materials related to theatre.

Not everything is available online or electronically. Sometimes the best resources are found in print format. The following materials are some of the best sources for theater and related topics. They are located in the Reference area of the Boca Raton FAU library and, since they are non-circulating, they can only be viewed in the library.

Not all of the titles listed below are currently received.
Check the library catalog for exact holdings.

SELECTED WEB SITES

	Actors' Equity Association - Union for theatre actors and stage managers.
	Costume Designers Guild - Union that represents costume designers in film and television.
	CurtainUp - Features reviews and listings of Broadway and off-Broadway shows.
	Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today - Site entirely devoted to ancient theater.
	The Dramatic Exchange - A site where playwrights can post their unpublished scripts and where directors and actors can search for plays to produce.
	Florida Atlantic University Department of Theatre
	The History of Costume, by Braun & Schneider, c. 1861-1880 - View images of costumes mainly from the Victorian period.
	International Theater Design Archive - Created by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
	Kabuki for Everyone - Site on all things Kabuki.
	Illustrated Guide to Music, Theater, and Dance - From the Library of Congress.
	Live Broadway - The "official website of Broadway."
	Native American Women Playwrights Archive - Collection of original plays by native women of the Americas.
	The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Theatre Project 1935-1939 - From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress
	Playbill - The website for the Playbill publication.
	Stage Directions - Website for the magazine about stage lighting, costuming, sound, and more.
	Talkin' Broadway - Theatre news.
	Theater Playbills and Programs - From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress.
	Theatre Communications Group - A not-for-profit professional theatre group.
	Women of Color, Women of Words - African American women in the theatre.

plays (use DRAMA)	THEATER--JAPAN
playwrights (use DRAMATISTS)	plays, medieval (use DRAMA, MEDIEVAL)
PLAYWRITING (used for drama--authorship)	plays, christmas (use CHRISTMAS PLAYS)
DRAMA--20TH CENTURY--HISTORY AND CRITICISM	play direction (theater) (use THEATER PRODUCTION AND DIRECTION)
THEATER (used for theatre)	theater--stage lighting (use STAGE LIGHTING)
THEATERS (used for playhouses)	THEATRICAL MAKEUP (used for stage makeup)
dramaturgy (use DRAMA TECHNIQUE or OPERA DRAMATURGY)

PN2000 - 3307	Dramatic representation. The theater
PN2061 - 2071	Art of acting
PN2085 - 2091	The stage and accessories
PN2131 - 2145	Ancient
PN2152 - 2160	Medieval
PN2171 - 2179	Renaissance
PN2181 - 2193	Modern
(Books beginning with PN are located on the 3rd floor, west wing of the library.)

	Art Index with Full Text/ Art Retrospective - Subjects include Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, and Textiles.
	Eighteenth Century Collections Online - Online access to the digital images of books published between 1701 and 1800. Includes treatises on theater and the stage.
	English Short Title Catalogue - A catalog of materials printed from the beginning of print until 1800 in Great Britain, its territories, and in English from around the world.
	Expanded Academic ASAP (1980-present) - Good general database that indexes articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. Limit your search to "refereed publications" for citations from scholarly periodicals.
	Humanities Full Text (Use this in place of Humanities Abstracts) (1984-present) - Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.
	ITER Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - A Middle Ages and Renaissance Bibliography. Select the ITER Bibliography to begin your search.
	MLA International Bibliography (1963-present) - Includes over one million citations from journals. Indexes books, essay collections, proceedings, dissertations, etc. pertaining to folklore, language, and literature. Sources number more than 6,500.
	OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Use this in place of WilsonSelectPlus) - Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
	Oxford Reference Online - Contains reference titles covering theater and the performing arts.
	Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) Full Text - Online periodical archive that provides the full image of periodical articles, from 1770 to 1995, in digital form. Journals relating to theater can be found in the "Performing Arts" section.
	Web of Science (1945-present)- Includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded. Allows users to search for cited references.

GUIDES
PN2035 .C27 1988 (Reference)	*Banham, Martin, ed. The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.*
PN2596 .L6 B46 1988 (Reference)	*Bergan, Ronald. The Great Theatres of London: An Illustrated Companion. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1987.*
PN2220 .B6 1992 (Reference)	*Bordman, Gerald Martin. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.*
PN2256 .A44 1987 (Reference)	*Durham, Weldon B., ed. American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.*
PN2266 .A54 1989 (Reference)	*Durham, Weldon B., ed. American Theatre Companies, 1931-1983. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.*
PN1580 .F5 1999	*Field, Shelly. Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999.*
PN2221 .C36 1996 (Reference)	*Wilmeth, Don B. and Tice L. Miller. Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.*

DICTIONARIES
PN2035 .F27 1988 (Reference)	The Facts on File Dictionary of the Theatre. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
PN597 .T94 2000 (Reference)	Henderson, Helene and Jay P. Pederson, eds. Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More Than 500 Literary, Critical, and Theatrical Movements, Schools, and Groups from More than 80 Nations, Covering the Novelists, Poets, Short-Story Writers, Dramatists, Essayists, Theorists, and Works, Genres, Techniques, and Terms Associated with Each Movement. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2000.
PN2091 .M3 L68 1999 (Reference)	*Lounsbury, Warren C. Theatre Backstage from A to Z. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.*
PN2035 .N49 2001 (Reference)	The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre. London: Penguin Books, 2001.
PN2035 .P2913 1998 (Reference)	*Pavis, Patrice. Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1998.*
PN2285 .N65 1989 (Reference)	*Robinson, Alice M. et al. Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.*
PN2035 .W48 1995 (Reference)	White, R. Kerry. An Annotated Dictionary of Technical, Historical, and Stylistic Terms Relating to Theatre and Drama: A Handbook of Dramaturgy. Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press, 1995.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
PN2277 .N5 L36 1985 (Reference)	*Leiter, Samuel L. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930.* Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.**
PN2277 .N5 L364 1989 (Reference)	*Leiter, Samuel L. The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1930-1940. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.*
PN2924.5 .K3 L44 1997 (Reference)	*Leiter, Samuel L. New Kabuki Encyclopedia: A Revised Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten.* Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.**
PN2035 .W67 (Reference)	*Rubin, Don. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. London; New York: Routledge, 1994.*

BIBLIOGRAPHIES / INDICES
Z5781 .B8 (Reference)	Breed, Paul Francis. Dramatic Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gaile Research Co., 1972.
Z5784 .B56 G7 1990	*Gray, John. Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography.* New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.**
Z5781 .S55 1993 (Reference)	Silvester, Robert. United States Theatre: A Bibliography from the Beginning to 1990. Hampshire, England: Motley Press, 1993.

ACTING
PN2071 .F6 H4 1958 (Reference)	*Herman, Lewis Helmar. Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1958? c1943.*
PN2035 .O84 2001 (Reference)	*Osnes, Beth. Acting: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001.*

STAGE DESIGN
PN2091 .E4 B66 2003 (Reference)	*Briggs, Jody. Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2003.*
PN2053 .S68 1998 (Reference)	*Diamond, David and Terry Berliner. Stage Directors Handbook: Opportunities for Directors and Choreographers.* New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1998.**
PN2091 .M3 R45 1995 (Reference)	*Reid, Francis. The ABC of Stage Technology. London: A & C Black, 1995.*

COSTUME DESIGN
TT505 .A1 I5 2002	Kellog, Ann T. In an Influential Fashion: An Encyclopedia of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
TT505 .A1 C66 1995 (Reference)	*Martin, Richard, ed. Contemporary Fashion. New York: St. James Press, 1995.*

PLAYWRIGHTS
Z1229 .N39 A7 (Reference)	*Arata, Esther Spring. Black American Playwrights, 1800 to the Present: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.*
PS153 .N5 G29 1999 (Reference)	*Gavin, Christy, ed. African American Women Playwrights: A Research Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1999.*
Z1231 .D7 H37 (Reference)	*Hatch, James Vernon. Black Playwrights, 1823-1977: An Annotated Bibliography of Plays.* New York: Bowker, 1977.**
PS153 .N5 P43 1988 (Reference)	*Peterson, Bernard L. Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.*
PR8789 .I67 1997 (Reference)	*Schrank, Bernice and William W. Demastes, eds. Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.*

SHAKESPEARE
PR3095 .R53 2002 (Reference)	*Richmond, Hugh M. Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context. London: Continuum, 2002.*
PR2892 .W43 1998 (Reference)	*Wells, Stanley W. A Dictionary of Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.*

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL NAME	VENDOR/PUBLISHER	DATES AVAILABLE
Asian Theatre Journal	Project Muse	2000-present
New Theatre Quarterly	Cambridge	1999-present
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art	Project Muse	1996-present
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art	Ingenta Select	2002-present
Shakespeare Quarterly	JSTOR	1950-2000
Shakespeare Quarterly	Project Muse	2001-present
TDR: The Drama Review	Project Muse	1999-present
TDR: The Drama Review	Ingenta Select	2000-present
Theater	Project Muse	1999-present
Theater	Ingenta Select	2003-present
Theatre Journal	PCI Full Text	1949-1990
Theatre Topics	Project Muse	1996-present

PN2001 .D64	Drama, The Quarterly Theatre Review
PN3171 .E38	Educational Theatre Journal
PN2000 .T48	Entertainment Design
PN1601 .J68	Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
PN2309 .L37	Latin American Theatre Review
PN2001 .N48	New Theatre Quarterly: NTQ
PN1601 .N4	New York Theatre Critics' Reviews
PN2171 .R4	Renaissance Drama
PN2003 .R38	Revue d'Histoire du Theatre
PN2000 .S69	Southern Theatre
PN1601 .T8	TDR: The Drama Review
PN2000 .T32	Theater
PN2000 .T48	Theatre Crafts
PN3171 .E38	Theatre Journal
PN2000 .A1 T51	Theatre Research International
PN2000 .T716	Theatre Survey
PN2001 .T44	Theatre World
Current issues are kept in Current Periodicals and Microforms, 1st floor, west wing. Older theatre periodicals are shelved in the general collection by call number on the 3rd floor, west wing.