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Subject guide: theatre arts

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Find articles

  • Academic Search Premier Access to over 8,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines covering all academic subjects, including journals devoted to the topic of theater. Also provides access to newspaper and magazine coverage for theater reviews.
  • JSTOR Full-text database of over 600 back issues covering a variety of academic disciplines, with 15 journals in the performing arts.
  • MLA International Bibliography Modern Language Association database covering literature, languages and the theater arts.

Off-campus access to these databases is easy. When prompted, sign in with your SMU network/email user name and password. For problems, call 360.486.8803 or email us.

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Find books

Use a call number search to find books on your subject at O'Grady Library.

Topic Call Number Range
Acting PN2055-PN2073
Costuming TT490-TT695 & GT500-GT2370
Stagecraft PN2085-2091
Collections of plays PN1621-PN1623

For plays by a single playwright, search the catalog for the playwright’s name.

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Websites

Reference

Online reference

Print reference

  • Find The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
  • Find The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
  • Find Encyclopedia of Theatre Music: a Comprehensive Listing of More Than 4,000 Songs from Broadway and Hollywood: 1900-1960
  • Find The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance
  • Find Play Index
  • Find The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
  • Find Backstage Handbook: an Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information
  • Find Light Fantastic: the Art and Design of Stage Lighting
  • Find Acting with an Accent