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Theatre

Tips, techniques & links to help you find answers for your research papers & projects

Locate Drafts and Versions

WorldCat
Use the Archive limit to search for manuscripts.
For a play written in a foreign language,
Search Merlin, locate the Uniform Title, and then search that to find different translations of plays in foreign languages.

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Secure Permissions

Licensing a play can be difficult. The main players are:

Samuel French
Dramatists Play Service

Explore and present the historical context of the play and playwright

Subject Searches
Albee, Edward	To get background information about a playwright.
Moscow Art Theatre	To get background information a threatre group.
Midsummers Nights Dream	To get background information about a play.
Costumes England	To find books about dress in England.
United States history	To find historical contexts

Putting a play is its historical context

List of Timelines -- Wikipedia

20th Century Historical Context

A Library guide that may help you put your play in historical context.

What does a Dramaturg do?

What is Dramaturgy
Description of what dramaturgs do.
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the America
Homepage for this organization.

Last Updated: Sep 3, 2021 8:00 AM
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Subjects: Arts, Music & Theatre

Tags: drama, monologues, plays, scenes, theater, theater history, theatre, theatre history