Dramatic Art 120: Play Analysis
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Part 1: Sources for play reviews and production history 
Academic Search Premier
Provides access to full articles and citations from many journals that contain literary and dramatic criticism.
Academic OneFile
Provides information from a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics. Also contains full-text London Times articles from July 1985 to the present.
LexisNexis Academic
For a wide range of newspapers. Choose the red News button; type in the name of the play and playwright/director/dramaturg; and in the drop-down menu for Select Sources choose Book, Movie, Music, Play, and Video Reviews; select all dates in the Specify Date drop-down menu.
New York Times Historical Newspaper
Scanned full-text and full-image newspaper articles covering the entire publishing history of the newspaper, from 1851 to 2003.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Find citations from popular magazines and journals from 1890-1982. Search for the name of the play and theater reviews.
Nineteeth Century Masterfile
Locate citations for articles from print sources from 19th century printed material from about 1774 to 1920.
Historical Newspapers
Find the date and page number of play reviews in the London Times from 1790-1980 and New York Times from 1851-1922.
Part 2: Sources for critical analysis
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MLA International Bibliography Plus Full Text via Chadwyck-Healey's LiteratureOnline
Major source for literary and dramatic criticism.
JSTOR
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Parts 1 & 2: Reference sources
Salem, James. A Guide to Critical Reviews. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984.
- Part I: American Drama, 1909-1982
- Part II: The Musical, 1909-1989
- Part III: Foreign Drama, 1909-1977
Hawkins-Dady, Mark, ed. International dictionary of theatre. Chicago: St. James Press, 1992-1996.
- Volume 1: Plays
- Volume 2: Playwrights
- Volume 3: Actors, Directors and Designers
Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1890-1899. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Other editions of this book, also available nearby on the shelves: 1900-1909, 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939, 1940-1949, 1950-1959.
Part 3: Biographical Information for Playwrights
Literature Resource Center
Just type the playwright's name in the Author Search box.
Media 
Use FilmFinder to search for film adaptations of plays that are available in the Media Resources Center, located on the lower level of the R.B. House Undergraduate Library.
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