Drama, Theatre, Monologs

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Articles (Magazines, Journals, Newspapers)

Use the “Articles & Databases” link on the library home page to retrieve articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers using the library’s databases. . To search for specific journal titles in paper and electronic formats, use Find Journal Titles link here or on the home page. GCC ‘s general and subject-specific databases may have articles on your subject. Below are some typical databases:

Biographical Sources

Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights
Ref PS 325 .C656 2003 [Catalog Record]
Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television
Ref PN 2285 .C58 [Catalog Record]
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Dramatists
Ref PS 21 .D5 1978, v.7, pts. 1-2 [Catalog Record]

Books and Media Materials

Use the Books and Video link on the LMC homepage to locate books and media items in our collection and other libraries in the MCCCD system. You can search by author, title, subject, or keyword. Some typical subject headings you may want to use include:

[search catalog for individual plays, actors, dramatists]
Monologues
Method (Acting)
Acting
American Drama--

Library of Congress Classifications:

PN 1660-3307: Drama
PN 1993-1999: Motion Pictures
PN 2000-3307: Dramatic Representaiton, Theatre
PN 2080 and PN 4305: Monologs (see Primary Sources section below)
PR 2754-3094: Shakespeare

Library Catalog

Collections of Literary Criticism

These print resources contain essays about specific plays and dramatists.

Critical Survey of Drama (English Language series)
Ref PR 625 .C74 [Catalog Record]
Drama Criticism
Ref PN 1601 .D59 [Catalog Record]
Drama for Students
Ref PN 1701 .D73 [Catalog Record]
Masterplots II: Drama Series
Ref PN 6112.5 .M37 [Catalog Record]
Shakespearean Criticism
Ref PR 2965 .S43 [Catalog Record]

Encyclopedia and Dictionaries

Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
Ref PN 2035 .C27 1988 [Catalog Record]
Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
Ref PN 1861 .C65 2007 [Catalog Record]
Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays
Ref PN 6112.5 .S45 1984 [Catalog Record]
Drama Dictionary
Ref PN 1625 .H64 1988 [Catalog Record]
Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare
Ref PR 2976 .G739 2005 [Catalog Record]
Internet Broadway Database
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
Ref PN 1625 .M3 1984 [Catalog Record]
Oxford Companion to the American Theatre
Ref PN 2220 .B6 [Catalog Record]
Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Ref PN 2035 .O9 [Catalog Record]
Oxford Dictionary of Plays
Ref PN 1625 .P38 2005 [Catalog Record]
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Ref PN 2035 .O92 2003 [Catalog Record]
Playbill Online
Shakespeare A to Z
Ref PR 2982 .B69 [Catalog Record]
Shakespeare Handbook
Ref PR 2976 .S3374 [Catalog Record]
Shakespeare Survey
Ref PR 2888 .C3 [Catalog Record]
Shakespeare's Characters for Students
Ref PR 2989 .S53 1997 [Catalog Record]
Theatre World
Ref PN 2277 .N5 A17 [Catalog Record]
WWW Virtual Library of Theatre and Drama

Journal Subscriptions

Listed below are some of the LMC subscriptions to journals in this subject area. Some of these are also available in electronic format. To search for specific articles and subjects in many journals use databases listed above in the "Articles" section. To search for specific journal titles in paper and electronic formats, use Find Journal Titles link here or on the home page.

Billboard
Paper: current year + 1 yr. [Catalog Record ]
Drama Review
Paper: 79-81; Micro: 63-Win/85 [Catalog Record ]
Live Design
Paper: 1/07 - [Catalog Record ]
TCI
Paper:1993-98 [Catalog Record ]
TDR: The Drama Review
Mfiche: Sum/86 - Win/02 [Catalog Record ]
Theater Crafts
Paper: 1978-1992 [Catalog Record ]
Variety
Current year + 1 yr. [Catalog Record ]

Primary Sources - Original Texts

These books provide indexes to locating texts of plays and monolgues and scenes from popular plays in a variety of categories.

The general areas to locate books containing scripts and monologues is:

PN 2080 (Dramatic Representation)
PN 4305 (Oratory, Recitations in English)
PN6110.5 - 6120 (Drama)

Using the following subject terms and genre headings can also help:

In order to find plays / scripts by particular playwrights, you must search by author.

100 Great Monologs: A Versatile Collection of Monologs, Duologs, and Triologs for Student Actors
PN 2080 .Y65 2005 [Catalog Record]
Actors Guide to Scenes
PN 1655 .G783 [Catalog Record]
Best American Plays
PS 634 .B4 [Catalog Record]
Best plays
PN 6112 .B45 [Catalog Record]
For Women: Monologues They Haven't Heard
PN 4305 .M6 P66 1983 [Catalog Record]
Index to Full-Length Plays
Ref PN 1655 .I54 1988 [Catalog Record]
Index to One-Act Plays
Ref PN 1655 .L83 [Catalog Record]
One on One: The Best Men's Monologues for the Nineties
PN 2080 .O57 1993 [Catalog Record]
One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century
PN 2080 .C585 2007 [Catalog Record]
One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the Nineties
PN 2080 .O58 1993 [Catalog Record]
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections
Ref PN 1655 .O85 1988 [Catalog Record]
Play Index
Ref PN 1655 .P55 [Catalog Record]
Playwright's Center Monologues for Men
PN 2080 .P62 2005 [Catalog Record]
Playwrights' Center monologues for women
PN 2080 .P6215 2005 [Catalog Record]
Two-minute monologs : original audition scenes for professional actors
PN 2080 .A447 1998 [Catalog Record]
Voices of color : scenes and monologues from the Black American theatre
PN 2080 .V65 1994 [Catalog Record]

Web Sites

This guide lists resources for Drama, Theatre, and Monologs in the LMC . It includes books, periodicals, web sites and other useful sources for information.


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