Theatre

Explore centuries of American history through rare broadsides, playbills, posters, music programs, menus, ephemera, and more.
Part of America's Historical Imprints.

Offers full-length filmed stage performances of classic and modern plays, along with interviews and workshops with playwrights, directors, designers, actors, musicians, and others involved in the playmaking process.

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Contains historical plays, melodramas, political satires, black minstrel shows, comic operas, musical extravaganzas, parlor entertainments, adaptations of novels and many others.

An archive index covering notable individuals from antiquity through 1983. Indexing and citations include book reviews, interviews, obituaries, diaries and memoirs.

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.

Oxford Reference contains short-entry and general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects from entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

Covers the music of the world's peoples and includes an overview of each region of the world, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions, and themes, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Also includes over 300 audio recordings.

Cambridge Companions are a series of authoritative introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods.