Research Guides: #Drama &amp; Theater: Overviews & Starting Points

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Useful when you're starting out on a research project. Do simple searches to find topic introductions in a variety of subjects. The mind map tool will help you discover related ideas and terms.
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Dozens of complete reference books on arts, business, education, history, law, literature, sciences, and technology, including the popular sets of Short Stories for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, and Drama for Students.
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American Theatre by Theresa Saxon
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Collection: Ebook Central (unlimited users)
Argues for the recognition of American theatre history as long, rich, diverse and critically compelling. Embracing all epochs of theatre history, from pre-colonial Native American performance rituals and the endeavours of early colonisers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the end of the twentieth century.
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater, 1930-2010 by James Fisher
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It covers the ever-changing history of the American theatre with emphasis on major movements, persons, plays, and events. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,500 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

Stages Of Theatre: Mediaeval And Renaissance by Richard C. Beacham
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ISBN: 9781421325309
Published: 2005
History of European Drama and Theatre by Erika Fischer-Lichte; Jo Riley (Translator)
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Collection: EBSCO Ebook Collection (2 users)
This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity. Anyone interested in theatre throughout history and today will find this an invaluable source of information.
Global Changes - Local Stages : How Theatre Functions in Smaller European Countries by Hans van Maanen, Andreas Kotte, and Anneli Saro
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Global Changes - Local Stages is extensive research of the possible relationships between cultural change, theatre politics and theater life in smaller European countries.

DVD- Theater in Japan Theater in Japan: yesterday and today
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Drama in the People's Republic of China by Constantine Tung (Editor); Colin Mackerras (Editor)
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This is the first book ever published in the West on drama in the People's Republic of China. The plays, playwrights, theories, and performances range from the play that inflamed the Cultural Revolution to a post-Mao satiric drama that upset party leaders.
Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater by J. Scott Miller
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This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Japanese literature.
Theatre in Southeast Asia by James R. Brandon; James R. Brandon
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An astonishing variety of theatrical performances may be seen in the eight countries of Southeast Asia--Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

African Theatre for Development by Salhi
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This book acts as a forum for investigating how African theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world.
Resistance and Politics in Contemporary East African Theatre by Sam Kasule
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Contemporary Uganda and other East African states are connected by the experience of Idi Amin's tyranny, rapacious and murderous regime, and the latter second Uganda Peoples Congress government, that forced Ugandans to go into exile and initiate armed struggles from Kenya and Tanzania to oust his government.

American Theatre
American Theatre magazine is the nation’s only general-circulation magazine devoted to theater. Founded in 1984 by the pioneering arts service organization Theatre Communications Group.
American Theatre Off Script
Offscript is the official podcast of American Theatre, containing conversations with critics, playwrights and the editors of AT.
NT Talks
National Theatre's collection of conversations recorded live from their stages, including interviews with actors, directors and playwrights.
Talking Theater
TalkingTheater.com celebrates theatre! It’s really that simple. It’s about theatre people talking theatre for those who love theatre.
Theater Links
A collection of links to more resources. Developed by Justin Cash, former president of Drama Victoria, the largest Drama teachers’ association in Australia