Theatre Arts 600 - Selected Materials for Research
Criticism and Reviews
- Samples, Gordon. How to Locate Reviews of Plays and Films: a Bibliography of Criticism from the Beginnings to the Present. Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Z 5781 S19 Main Reference
Selected items are chronologically arranged by years covered.
- Arata, Esther S. Black American Playwrights 1800 to the Present: A Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1976.
Z 1229 N39 A7 Main Reference
Provides sources for criticism and reviews of Black American dramatists. It is updated by the author's
More Black American Playwrights
Z 1229 N39 A73 Main Reference.
- Breed, Paul F. and Florence M. Sniderman. Dramatic Criticism Index: A Bibliography of Commentaries of Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972.
Z 5781 B8 Main Reference
A guide to drama criticism on individual plays.
- Critical Survey of Drama: English Language Series, rev. ed. by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1994. 7 vol.
PR 623 C75 1994 Main Reference
Includes articles on many dramatists from the 15th to the 20th century with brief discussions of their major achievements, and an analysis of their dramas.
- Critical Survey of Drama: Foreign Language Series, ed. by Frank M. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1986. 6 vol.
PN 1625 C74 1986 Main Reference
Includes 199 studies of major world dramatists in foreign languages with brief biographies, major achievements, and an analysis of their dramas.
- Drama Criticism: Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Dramatic Works from All the World's Literature. Detroit: Gale, 1991- .
PN 1601 D59 Main Reference
Intended for beginning students of the theatre. Has excerpts of critical commentary and some reviews of productions. Excludes Shakespeare since the publishing company produces a separate set,
Shakespearean Criticism at
PR 2965 S43 Main Reference.
- Major Modern Dramatists, compiled and edited by Rita Stein and Friedhelm Rickert (A Library of Literary Criticism). New York: Ungar, 1984.
PN 1861 M27 1983 Main Reference
Gives an overview of the critical reception of dramatists with excerpts from reviews, articles, and books.
- The London Stage, 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments and Afterpieces, Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1960-1968. 5 vol.
PN 2592 L6 Main Reference
Comments are made from newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period.
- London Theatre Record. 1981- . London.
PN 2001 L8 Main Reference
Current reviews from the national critics, with cast details, technical credits for productions given there.
- Marks, Patricia. American Literary and Drama Reviews: an Index to Late Nineteenth-Century Periodicals. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984.
PN 2256 M37 1984 Main Reference
Part I includes drama reviews published in periodicals between 1880 and 1900. Although most are for plays presented in New York, there are some reviews of London productions also.
- National Theatre Critics' Reviews (formerly New York Theatre Critics' Reviews.) 1940- .
PN 1601 N4 Main Reference
Includes complete reprint reviews of performances as they originally appeared in several New York City papers when the plays appeared on stage.
- New York Times Theatre Reviews. 1870-1919, 6 vols., 1976. 1920-1970, 10 vols., 1971
PN 2266 N48 Main Reference Table J
Additional volumes are published periodically. Contains reprinted reviews for theatre productions which appeared in the New York Times. Arranged chronologically.
- Salem, James M. A Guide to Critical Reviews. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
PN 2266 S24 Main Reference
Lists general periodical and newspaper reviews of theatre productions. Part I - American Drama, 1901-1982. 3rd ed., 1984. Part II - The Musical, 1909-1974. 2nd ed., 1976. Part III - Foreign Drama, 1909-1977. 2nd ed. 1979
- Selected Theatre Criticism, ed. by Anthony Slide. Metuchen, NJ: 1985- .
PN 2277 N5 S44 1985 Main Reference
Collects and reprints reviews on New York stage productions from several magazines. Vol. 1, 1900-1919; vol. 2, 1920-1930; vol. 3, 1931-1950.
