Landmark Productions - THTR 373 | Theatre History II - Collins Memorial Library at University of Puget Sound

Articles about the Play

Performing Arts Related Databaes

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.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary database containing full text journal, magazine & newspaper articles, many from peer-reviewed titles. This scholarly collection covers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Research Library (ProQuest)
Features the full text of a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers covering all academic subject areas.
JSTOR
An interdisciplinary 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.
Project MUSE
Interdisciplinary database includes books and articles from scholarly publishers with focus on humanities and social science.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Access to news, business, governmental and legal sources.

Starting Points

Check critical editions of plays by searching Primo. Written by critics, these texts analyze historical background, themes, and characterization.

Oxford Reference Online is an excellent resource. It includes Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, Oxford Companion to American Theatre, and more.

Search Theatre in Video for selected performances of 250 plays. Also try Primo for films on DVD.

Literature Resource Center
Contains articles from academic journals and literary magazines as well as excerpts from scholarly monographs, literary correspondence and diaries.