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    Periodicals

  Theatre Periodicals
A title list of the library's individual periodical subscriptions in Theatre. Many more Theatre related periodicals are available through the library's article databases.

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    Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library

  Critical Survey of Drama (2nd ed.)
    8 volumes, 2003
  Oxford Companion to American Theatre
    2004
  Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performing Arts
    2 volumes, 2003
  The Grey House Performing Arts Directory
    2003
  The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
    6 volumes, 1994

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  Black Drama - 1850 to present: (Alexander Street Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin - Madison 
    Coverage: Mid-1800s to the present.
Black Drama contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.

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