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This guide is for Southern Oregon University students doing research in theatre.
Play & Production History
Production Reviews
Internet Resources
MLA Citation / Annotated Bibliography
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Getting Started
Looking for a monologue? Search in the catalog using the keyword "monologues". Or simply browse the shelf on the 3rd floor under PN 2080.
Acting Monologues from Backstage.com
Best Film Speeches and Monologues
Monologue Archive
Non-Binary Monologues
Shakespeare's Monologues
Why would I want to use journal articles in my research?
Theater criticism published in journals is most often written by professors of theater at universities and active practitioners in the field! It is
current
and usually narrowly focused, such as a study of a performance, an examination of performance theory, or an analysis of genre, play or theater movement. References are included to document the sources of information.
Use the Article Databases listed in the box below to find journal articles and other resources.
Article and Video Databases
New Play Exchange
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Digital library of scripts by living writers. Please note: These plays cannot be publicly performed without permission from the appropriate author(s).
Theatre in Video
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This database contains hundreds of videos, including documentaries and performances of the world’s most important plays, covering a wide range of 20th and 21st century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions.
Academic Video Online (AVON)
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Includes Theatre in Video as well as a range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Videos include documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc. Go to Browse Subjects and choose what you want from the list.
BBC Shakespeare Plays
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The 37 Shakespeare plays produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985 available as streaming video.
ProQuest Central Premium
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This upgrade to ProQuest Central provides access to full-text scholarly content from journals, magazines, news sources, trade publications and more in a wide range of disciplines.
Project MUSE Basic College Collection
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Collection of high quality, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals and scholarly ebooks.
MLA International Bibliography
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The MLA Bibliography is a full-text and citation database for English and foreign language literature, criticism and linguistics. It also covers folklore; literary theory; dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater); and the teaching of literature and language. Covers 1963 to the present.
JSTOR
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This JSTOR ejournal collection includes the complete back runs of thousands of core titles in several disciplines, spanning the arts, humanities, and sciences. Note that this collection usually does not include the most recent 4 years' worth of journal issues.
ProQuest One Social Sciences
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This upgrade to the Social Science Premium Collection offers high-quality titles spanning anthropology, criminology, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, social work, and sociology.
SocINDEX
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A comprehensive index to sociology, including its sub-disciplines, for journal articles, books/monographs, conference papers, and more.
Gale Onefile: Fine Arts
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Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals in Fine Arts and Music including drama and filmmaking.
Inter-play
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Indexes plays that appear in collections, anthologies, and periodicals held by the PSU Library. Many are owned by SOU or may be requested through Summit. Updated weekly.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The OED provides meanings, histories, and pronunciations for 600,000 words, past and present, across the English-speaking world.
Using LCC to Browse Books
Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
The LC System is an alpha-numeric system, employing both letters and numbers. Every LC call number begins with a letter or letters which designate the general subject of the material. In the LC classification system, theatre materials can be found in a variety of letter/number combinations.
LCC Codes Used in Theatre
GT 500-GT 2289 Costumes — History/Description
GT 1747 Masks
GT 2290-GT 2341 Hair, cosmetics
NA Architecture
ND 2885 Scene painting
NK 8802–NK8998 Textile arts
PN 1600–PN 3307 Drama
PN 2068 Make-up
PN 2080 Monologues
PN 2085–PN 2091 The stage and accessories
PN 2091 .E4 Electric devices; stage lighting
PN 2091 .S6 Sound effects
PN 2091 .S8 Stage settings; scenery
PN 2061–PN 2071 Art of acting
PN 2131–PN 2145 Ancient Theatre History
PN 2152–PN 2160 Medieval theatre history
PN 2171–PN 2179 Renaissance theatre history
PN 2181–PN 2193 Modern theatre history
PN 3035 The Jewish Theatre
PN 6110.5–PN6120 Play collections
PQ 500–PQ 591 French drama
PQ 1211–PQ 1241 French drama—Collections
PQ 4133–PQ 4160 Italian drama
PQ 6098.7–PQ 6129 Spanish drama
PR 621–PR 739 English literature—Drama
PR 641–PR739 History of drama literature
PR 1241–PR 1273 English Drama—Collections
PS 330–PS 352 American literature—Drama
PS 330–PS 352 American drama
PS 623–PS 635 American drama—Collections
PT 605–PT 709 German drama
PT 1251–PT1299 German drama—Collections
TS 545–TT 850 Costumes—Construction
Subject Terms Used in Theatre
Acting
Actors
Black theater
Chamber theater
Children's plays
Community theater
Copyright—Drama
Costume
Dialect drama
Dialect drama—History and criticism
Drama—History and criticism
Dramatic criticism
English drama—Restoration, 1660-1700—History and criticism
Experimental theater
Feminism and theater
Feminist theater
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625—Criticism and interpretation
Gay theater
Melodrama
Moralities
Mumming
Musical theater
Mysteries and musical plays
Repertory theater
Scene painting
Set designers
Shakespeare, William, 1554-1616—Comedies
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Characters—Women
Stage lighting
Stage machinery
Stage props
Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938
Theater—Asia
Theater—Biography
Theater—Casting
Theater—Finance
Theater—Great Britain—History
Theater—History
Theater—Law and legislation
Theater—Moral and ethical aspects
Theater—Political aspects
Theater—Production and direction
Theater—Reviews
Theater and society
Theater and the aged
Theater audiences
Theater critics
Theater curtains
Theater management
Theater of the absurd
Theater programs
Theater rehearsals
Theaters—Models
Theaters—Sound effects
Theaters—Stage setting and scenery
Theatrical agents
Theatrical companies
Theatrical producers and directors
Theatrical publishing
Featured Book
Small Explosions : Bold and Combustible New Monologues for All Ages and Genders
by
Szymkowicz, Adam
ISBN: 9781493071388
Publication Date: 2023
Library FAQs
Finding Books
Hannon Library Search
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Interlibrary Loan Form
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Hannon Library Search
Search for books, videos, articles, and other library materials at SOU and other libraries:
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar Search
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Google Scholar searches for journal articles and will sometimes point you to SOU databases.
Theatre Criticism Sample + MLA Quick Tips
TDR History - JSTOR article
TDR: Memoirs of the Mouthpiece 1955-1983 TDR became the mouthpiece of the avant-garde theater in the 60s. First edited by Robert Corrigan, it passed on to Richard Schechner and is now published by the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Tips on Using MLA Bibliography
These techniques will help you find analysis and critical interpretation of plays and the playwright's intentions.
Theatre Arts Librarian
Jan Juliani
She/her/hers
Email Me
Contact:
Hannon Library, Room 229B
541-552-6839
Subjects:
Art
Music
Theatre Arts
Journals by Title
How do I find a particular journal?
Open the
Hannon Library Advanced Search
Select "
Journal Search
" from the menu bar at the top.
Enter the journal title in the search box.
If we have it, you should see the title in the results list. Select the journal from the list to view its record in the catalog.
Note that there may be more than one result for a journal, one for the physical print version, and one for the online version.
If you don’t see any results, then we probably don’t have that journal. In that case, you can still request a specific article from that journal through
Interlibrary Loan
. It will take 1-7 business days.
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