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Full-text access to major scholarly journals; however, in some cases access is not provided to titles for the current five years. You may need to consult the Performing Arts database.for recent years access of particular titles.
Many journals include only backfiles and do not include current content. Use other databases to find the most recent issues of these journals.
Provides biographical and bibliographical information for 20th-century and contemporary playwrights as well as other authors
Covers several genres, including drama, poetry, and short stories. Includes classic reference book series like Contemporary Literary Criticism and Children's Literature Review.
Cross-searches four databases, including Literature Criticism Online and Literature Resource Center (each available separately in the Databases A-Z list). Covers several genres, including screenwriting, song lyrics, and sports writing. Includes authors from around the world but primarily focused on the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
Why search here? Good for background information on theatre and performance-related materials, including playwrights, performers, genres, venues, and theoretical terminology.
Collection of Cambridge Companions to Greek Comedy, African American Theatre, Arthur Miller, Greek and Roman Theatre, Chekhov, etc. Check "Literature" in the left hand column to refine your search to just ebooks including theatre.
Companions are organized as eBooks on specific topics with chapters written by different experts. Disciplines with especially rich coverage include literature, philosophy, religion, music, and history. Additional Cambridge Companions in Literature available in the database Literature Online under 'Publications'.
Traces the history of Latin American theatre, including the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States, and surveys its history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. In print.
Three-volume print source provides information about musical theatre around the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering performers, composers, writers, shows, producers, directors, choreographers, and designers.
