Production History - THTR 371 | Theatre History I: From the Origins of Theatre to the 17th Century - Collins Memorial Library at University of Puget Sound

Contemporary Production History Assignment

For the Contemporary Production History component of the Dramaturgy Sequence Assignment you will need to research a production of the play you've selected that has been staged since 1970. You will need to look for

reviews and scholarship about the production
pictures, interviews with the artists
information about the design
information about organization
information about the venue

Here, you'll find suggested resources and search tips for finding Stage Histories, Reviews, and Media to help you get started on your research.

Production History Overview

Production history covers original and subsequent productions. Writers generally discuss:

Overall evaluation of the production
Theatrical innovations
Directing
Casting, acting
Staging
Substance or meaning of the play
Other details

Start with Primo

Find books and more when you search PRIMO.

Suggested PRIMO Search terms. Copy and paste into the PRIMO search box.

Medieval English Cycle Plays and Processional Staging

Theater -- England -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- History and criticism
Christian drama, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
Bible plays, English -- History and criticism

Commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'arte -- History and criticism
Theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century

Court Masques

Masques -- History and criticism
Masques with music -- 17th century -- History and Criticism

General Histories

Theater Great Britain History 17th century
Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century
Theater History Medieval

Mulitdisciplinary Databases

Use these databases to find articles from more than one academic discipline.

JSTOR

An multidisciplinary journal archive. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Includes the Artstor image collections.
ProQuest Central
Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is a large aggregated database of periodical content. It features a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.

Subject Databases

These subject databases may be especially useful for your research project for this class.

MLA International Bibliography
The key database for identifying scholarly books, essays, articles, and dissertations on modern literature in all languages. Also covers cultural studies, folklore, film studies, and linguistics.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Provides indexing, abstracts and some full-text, for international periodicals. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more.
Humanities Abstracts
Covers topics including art, classical studies, dance, film, journalism, philosophy, religion and much more. Content includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and reviews.