Marshall Brooks Library: Journal & News Articles: Theatre & Dance

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Academic Search Complete
More than 10,000 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.

When conducting theatre research, search using these elements:

Playwright's name
Name of play
Alternate spellings/name of play
Genre
Performers
Actors/actresses
Acting company
Places
Themes
Characters
Symbolism
Reviews
Criticism
Notices

Other things to consider:

Combine the above elements with the appropriate logic operator
Are there multiple ways to describe a play? playwright? etc.
Be cautious how you truncate a search term, you could retrieve irrelevant results.

If you still aren't sure, ask a librarian.

From an EbscoHost database,

Click on the detailed record for the article.
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Otherwise, please fill out the Interlibrary Loan Request Form below.

Questions? Contact Abigail DeWeese at 618.374.5072 or abigail.deweese@principia.edu

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