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http://www.famu.edu/library THEATRE This is a selected guide resources held in the University Libraries to support theatre. To locate any of the listed materials, consult the online catalog or ask the Librarian. CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIAL: Library of Congress classification for Visual Arts is N. N1-(9211) Visual arts N1-58 General N61-72 Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts N81-390 Study and teaching. Research N400-3990 Art museums, galleries, etc. N4390-5098 Exhibitions N5198-5299 Private collections and collectors N5300-7418 History N7420-7525.8 General works N7560-8266 Special subjects of art N8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists N8510-8553 Art studios, materials, etc. N8554-8585 Examination and conservation of works of art N8600-8675 Economics of art N8700-9165 Art and the state. Public art SELECTED RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Bigsby, C. W. E. Contemporary American Playwrights. [Coleman - Reference PS352.B54 1999] Dinkgräfe, Daniel Meyer. Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre. [Coleman - Reference PN2035. W485 2000]

Gray, John, comp. Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography. [African American Collection Z5784.B56 G7 1990] Merenda, Merilyn D., and James W. Polichak. Speech Communication and Theater Arts: A Classified Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations, 1973-1978. [Coleman - Reference Z5630.M47] DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS Auchter, Dorothy. Dictionary of Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Tudor and Stuart England. [Coleman - Reference PR411.A93 2001] Barba, Eugenio. A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer. [Coleman - Reference PN2041.A57 A5313 2006] The Best Plays Theater Yearbook. [Coleman - Reference PN6110.7.B47] Gänzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. [Coleman - Reference ML102.M88 G3 2001] Hischak, Thomas S. American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and their Film and Television Adaptations. [Coleman - Reference PS338.M67 H57 2005] Kennedy, Dennis, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. [Coleman - Reference PN2035.O95 2003] Norton, Richard C. A Chronology of American Musical Theater. [Coleman - Reference ML1711.8.N3 N67 2002] Patterson, Michael. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays. [Coleman - Reference PN1625.P38 2005] Robinson, Alice M., and Vera Mowry Roberts, eds. Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary. [Coleman - Reference PN2285.N65 1989] Rubin, Don. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. [Coleman - Reference PN1861.W67] Tibbetts, John, and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays into Film. [Coleman - Reference PN1997.85. T544 2001] HANDBOOKS Harmon, William. A Handbook to Literature. [Coleman - Reference PN41.H355 2006]

DATABASES African American Biographical Database Brings together in one resource the biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. Contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, scientists, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. Their stories are pivotal to an understanding of the Black American experience over the last two centuries. Art Full Text Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. Subjects covered include Art History, Motion Pictures, Musicology, Television, Textiles, and Video. Full-text coverage begins in 1997. ArticleFirst Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item. Arts and Humanities Search The online equivalent of ISI's Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Provides complete access to articles from more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and to relevant articles in over 5,000 social science and science journals. Biography and Genealogy Master Index The Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 11 million biographical sketches in over 3000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Biography Resource Center A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation gender, or combine criteria to create a highly targeted custom search path. Essay and General Literature Index Essay and General Literature Index is a bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Essay and General Literature Index focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.

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INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS Chicorel, Marietta. Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Periodicals. [Coleman - Reference Z5781.C487] PRINT AND ELECTRONIC BOOKS Ackerman, Alan, and Martin Puchner, ed. Against Theatre: Creative Destructions on the Modernist Stage. [Coleman PN2193.E86 A33 2006] Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris, eds. Feminist futures?: Theatre, Performance, Theory Houndmills. [Coleman PN1590.W64 F44 2006] Ayanna Thompson, ed. Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives on Race and Performance. [African American Collection PR3091.C63 2006] Brannen, Daniel E., and Richard Clay Hanes, eds. Supreme Court Drama: Cases that Changed America. [Coleman - Reference KF4550.Z9 B73 2001] Brooks, Daphne. Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910. [African American Collection PN2270.A35 B77 2006] Brustein, Robert Sanford. Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews 2001-2005. [Coleman PN2266.5.B79 2006] Bryer, Jackson R., and Mary C. Hartig, eds. The Facts on File Companion to American Drama. [Coleman - Reference PS330.F33 2004] Carlson, Marvin A. Speaking in Tongues: Language at Play in the Theatre. [Coleman PN1650.L34 C372006 Chapple, Freda, and Chiel Kattenbelt, eds. Intermediality in Theatre and Performance. [Coleman PN219.08.C23 2006] Cruz, Jan Cohen, and Mady Schutzman, eds. A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics. [Coleman PN2474.B63 B63 2006] DeVenney, David P. The Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature By Voice Type and Song Style. [Coleman - Reference ML128.M78 D48 1998] Dillon, Janette. The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre. [Coleman PN2585.D55 2006] Elam, Harry J., and Kennell Jackson, eds. Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Global

Performance and Popular Culture. [African American Collection E185.625. B555 2005] Feldman, Heidi Carolyn. Black Rhythms of Peru: Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific. [African American Collection ML3575.P4 F45 2006] Field, Shelly. Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts. [Coleman PN1580.F5 2006] Franks, Don. Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre, and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 Through 2003. [Coleman - Reference PN2270.A93 F68 2005] Henderson, Helene, and Jay P. Pederson, eds. Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More than 500 Literary, Critical, and Theatrical Movements. [Coleman - Reference PN597.T94 2000] Hischak, Thomas S. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. [Coleman - Reference PN2277.N5 H57 2000] Johnson, Odai. Absence and Memory in Colonial American Theatre: Fiorelli's Plaster. [Coleman PN2237.J63 2006] Krasner, David, ed. A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama. [Coleman - Reference PS350. C655 2005] Maccoy, Peter. Essentials of Stage Management. [Coleman PN2085.M33 2005] Maher, Jan. Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life Through Readers' Theater. [Coleman PN2081.R4 M34 2006 Marill, Alvin H. More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001. [Coleman - Reference PN2189.M32 2003] Pickering, Kenneth. Key Concepts in Drama and Performance. [Coleman - Reference PN1579.P53 2005] Pullen, Kirsten. Actresses and Whores: On Stage and in Society. [Coleman PN1590.W64 P85 2005] Riggs, Thomas, ed. Contemporary Dramatists. [Coleman - Reference PR737.C57] Roberts, Jerry. The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. [Coleman - Reference PS338.M67 R63 2003] Schiecke, Konrad. Historic Movie Theatres. [Coleman - Reference PN1993.5.U74 S35 2006]

Semmes, Clovis E. The Regal Theater and Black Culture. [African American Collection PN2277.C42 R44 2006] Shepherd, Simon. Theatre, Body, and Pleasure. [Coleman PN2039.S54 2006] Thomson, Peter. The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1660-1900. [Coleman PN2581. T485 2006] West-Pavlov, Russell. Bodies and their Spaces: System, Crisis and Transformation in Early Modern Theatre. [Coleman PN1831.W47 2006] PRINT AND ELECTRONIC JOURNALS African Arts from 04/01/1990 to present in ProQuest Research Library American Drama from 06/01/2002 to present in Literature Resource Center and MLA International Bibliography American Theatre from 01/01/1992 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP, Literature Resource Center, and InfoTrac OneFile Back Stage from 08/01/1984 to 10/01/2005 in Business and Company Resource Center from 02/21/2003 to present in LexisNexis Academic Billboard from 01/09/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library and ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry Border Crossings from 01/01/1998 to present in Art Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Comparative Drama from 04/01/1994 to present ProQuest Research Library Drama Review [Coleman Periodicals and Coleman Microforms] Drama Review from Spring 1968 to Winter 1987 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection Dramatics [Coleman Periodicals] Educational Theatre Journal [Coleman Periodicals]

Educational Theatre Journal from 10/01/1949 to 12/31/1978 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society from 01/01/1997 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP and InfoTrac OneFile Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England from 01/01/2005 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP, Literature Resource Center, and InfoTrac OneFile Mime Journal from 01/01/2002 to 01/01/2005 in ProQuest Modern Drama from 01/01/1994 to 06/01/1999 in ProQuest Research Library from 03/01/1997 to 06/01/2002 in Literature Resource Center from 03/22/1997 to 06/22/2002 in Expanded Academic ASAP and InfoTrac OneFile New Theatre Quarterly from 2002 to present in Cambridge Journals Online Plays from 01/01/1994 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP and Literature Resource Center Renaissance Quarterly from Spring 1967 to Winter 2003 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection from 01/01/1994 to 5 years ago in ProQuest Research Library Research in Drama Education from 09/01/1997 to 09/01/2000 in ProQuest Education Journals and ProQuest Research Library Shakespeare Quarterly from 01/01/1950 to Winter 2001 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection from 01/01/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library Studies in the Renaissance from 1954 to 1974 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection Theatre History Studies from 06/01/1998 to present in Humanities Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Theatre Journal from 03/01/1979 to 12/31/1995 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection from 12/01/2002 to present in ProQuest Research Library Theater Three [Coleman Periodicals]

Theatre Topics from 03/01/2003 to present in ProQuest Education Journals and ProQuest Research Library Variety from 07/19/1993 to present in LexisNexis Academic Play Database http://www.playdatabase.com/ Tony Awards http://www.tonyawards.com/ ONLINE RESOURCES The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/znhhtml/ The Internet Broadway Database http://www.ibdb.com/ Porgy and Bess: An American Voice http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/porgy/ TheatreUSA.com http://theatreusa.com/ The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment 1870-1920 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/ American Ballet Theatre http://www.abt.org/ AJ/2007