Marshall Brooks Library: Theatre & Dance Subject Guide: Background Information

Drama for Students
Publication Date: 1998-
"Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context."
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Valerie Steele
Call Number: REF GT507 .E53 2005
ISBN: 9780684313948
Publication Date: 2004-09-22
The Worldwide History of Dress by Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Call Number: REF GT511 .A63 2007
ISBN: 9780500513637
Publication Date: 2007-11-30

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Scholarly encyclopedias in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window
"Literary Reference Center features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries and work overviews, full-text essays from leading publishers, literary reference books and monographs, cover-to-cover full text for literary magazines and journals, book reviews from the most prestigious publications, poems from hundreds of sources, short stories, classic texts, author interviews, and much more."
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre+ is a platform for the performing arts with unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources. They collaborate with over 50 world-class theatre companies, industry associations, practitioners, teachers, examination boards and scholars to: capture and curate live performance, bring insights from behind the scenes, and provide resources to support study.