Indices for Performing Arts and Theatre
In addition to the resources listed below, one should refer to Research Guide #4 Education: Indexes & Abstracts, RG#12 Humanities: Indexes & Abstracts, RG#16 Anthropology, RG#19 Literary Criticism,and RG#52 How to Use the MLA Bibliography.-
International Bibliography of Theatre. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn College, Theatre Research Data Center, 1982 to date.
Bobst Ref1 Z5781.I8Includes references to books, parts of books, dissertations, journal articles, conference proceedings, and "miscellaneous other theatre documents"; excludes references to purely literary scholarship (for that, use the MLA), reprints and playtexts. Slow in appearing, but essential.
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Play Index. New York, NY: Wilson, 1949 to date.
Bobst Ref1 Z5781.P53 [also New School Ref]Identifies and locates plays by author, title and subject, whether published individually or, more importantly, in collections. Part II arranges plays through cast analysis. Broad scope (puppet plays to classical drama). See also:
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections ... 1900-1985 Bobst Ref1 Z5781.O8 1988; (ask at Ref. Desk).
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Review of the Arts: Performing Arts. New Canaan, CT: NewsBank, 1975 to 1997.
Bobst Ref1 Z6935.R4Provides indexing to the NewsBank microfiche set held in the Microform Center on LL2. Covers music, theater, dance, recordings and related subjects as reported in newspapers from over 450 U.S. cities. Includes reviews of performances, interviews and news stories. Valuable for regional performing arts research.
