History of the Theater

• Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library
• Resources on the Free-Web
  

Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library

See also: : Drama Research Guide: Basic Resources

Cheney, Sheldon. The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft, Revised and reset illustrated edition. New York: McKay, 1972.
STACKS-4 PN2101 .C5 1972

The London Stage, 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces ... , 1st ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Oress, 1960-68.
OFFSITE-792 L84 Check in Cameo (library catalog for various volumes and parts).
Request at Hunt Circulation
Includes casts, box-receipts and contemporary comment. Compiled from playbills, newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period.

Odell, George Clinton Densmore. Annals of the New York Stage. New York: Columbia University, 1927-1949.
OFFSITE 792 O23, 15 vols.
Request at Hunt Circulation
Vol. 1 covers the years up to 1798. The years 1798 through 1894 are covered in the remaining 14 volumes.

Stratman, Carl Joseph. Bibliography of Medieval Drama, 2nd ed. Revised and enlarged. New York: F. Ungar, 1972.
REF-1 Z5782 .A2 S8 1972, 2 vols.

Young, William C. Documents of American Theater History. Chicago: American Library Association, 1971- .
FA-REF-4 792.09 Y78d, 2 Vols.
Volume 1: Famous American Playhouses, 1716-1899. Volume 2: Famous American Playhouses, 1900-1971. Includes illustrations.

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Resources on the Web

Cervantes 2001 Project (Dr. Eduardo Urbina, Texas A&M University)
A research site devoted to Cervantes.

Medieval Drama Links (Sydney Higgins)
A research site of links to play texts, books, articles, memorabilia, costume, performance, set design, news and discussion groups, performance and set design, props and makeup, costume, music, dance, musical instruments, art and illustrative material, and other theater and medieval links.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Vaudeville in Ohio (H.A. Layer)
The shows and performers at the Chicago Opera House in Chicago Junction (now Willard), Ohio from August 1903 to December 1911. Includes images.

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Mo Dawley, Art and Drama Librarian
md2z@andrew.cmu.edu
April 2009
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