Theatre, Drama, and Performing Arts Subject Guide 

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Library Catalog

Use one of three different search options available in the library catalog. The link above will take you to the keyword search interface.  You can also choose to do an advance keyword search or if you have specific titles, author names, or other specific information, you can use the specific search functions located in the right hand toolbar of the advanced search page.

Books on theatre history and craft are located in the PN call number range available on the library's fourth floor.  Plays and anthologies will also be located on the fourth floor.  Call numbers for individual titles or anthologies should be located using the library catalog.

WorldCat

While our library holds close to a million volumes, there are millions of other texts available from other libraries.  Use WorldCat to search for additional books and book chapters related to your topic.  As you search, items from your results list that are available in our library will have "Trinity University Library" noted next to the title.

If you find a useful text that is not available from our library, click on the title and then find the "Send Request to ILLIAD" option.  This will help you to complete the interlibrary loan request form quickly and easily!  Remember to give at least a week, sometimes a bit more, to receive items that must be sent through the postal service.

To locate individual plays, first search the library catalog by author, title, or keyword.  Many plays are included in anthologies; use the "Table of Contents" link for a particular anthology to view the plays included in that volume.  If the library does not own the library, find the play in WorldCat and then request the item from another library.

Latin American Play Index.  REF Z 1609 D7 H63  (2 vols.)

Index to Plays in Periodicals.  2^nd ed.  PN 2001 X2 K43 1979 (includes subsequent supplements)

Ottemiller’s Index to Plays in Collections: An author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985..  7^th ed.  REF (Ready Reference) PN 1655 X2 O77 1988

Play Index. 1949/52-1993/97.  REF (Index Shelves) PN 2001 X2 P55

Drama Scholar’s Index to Plays and Filmscripts.  PN 2001 S26  (3 vols.)