drama and theater

Drama and Theater

French drama; a comprehensive collection of French plays of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

This microfiche collection eventually will include over 14,000 plays from the 17th-19th centuries, including standard editions in complete sets and textually significant editions, school texts, stage adaptations, translations, and poems and prose intended for dramatic presentation. The set is based on the following bibliography: Brenner, Clarence D. A Bibliographical list of plays in the French language, 1700-1789. The following work lists titles included in the 1957-1965 annual shipments: Thompson, Lawrence S. A bibliography of French plays on microcards.

Prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: basic documentary sources concerning text and performances.

Prompt books for all of Shakespeare's plays except Titus Andronicus. Materials range from complete revisions of plays to copies with the direction of entrances and exits shown. Also included are materials on lighting, costumes, music, etc., and printed souvenir books. The 19th-century collection is particularly strong.

Theatre playbills.

Contains approximately 2,500 programs that include play title, staff lists, actors’ biographies, and theater histories. The set is also called the Playbill collection of the Theatre Communications Group.

Spanish drama.

Bibliography of Spanish plays on microcards. The complete set is expected to include about 12,000 Spanish, Catalonian, and South American plays from the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. This continuing project receives additional microcards periodically.

University of Bristol Theatre Collection. Pt. 4. The Old Vic archives.

Reproduces the archives of the Old Vic Theatre, documenting its history from its founding in 1914 to 1963, when it became the National Theatre of Great Britain under the direction of Sir Laurence Olivier. The archives are arranged under prompts, scripts, and production books; programs; press cuttings; photographs; biographies; private correspondence; minutes and annual reports; and contracts, agreements, accounts, and business correspondence.