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Books on non-western theatre

African Drama and Performance by John Conteh-Morgan (Editor, Editor); Tejumola Olaniyan (Editor, Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 0253344395
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter
Call Number: PN2860 .E53 2007
ISBN: 031333529X
Publication Date: 2006-12-30
Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater by Eladio Cortes (Editor); Mirta Barrea-Marlys (Editor)
Call Number: PQ7082.D7 E63 2003
ISBN: 0313290415
Publication Date: 2003-12-30
Transnational Mobilities in Early Modern Theater by Robert Henke (Editor); Eric Nicholson (Editor)
Call Number: PN1785 .T736 2014
ISBN: 9781409468295
Publication Date: 2014-08-18
Early Modern Encounters with the Islamic East by Sabine Schülting (Editor); Ralf Hertel (Editor); Sabine Lucia Müller (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1409438503
Publication Date: 2012
Shakespeare on the Arabian Peninsula by Katherine Hennessey
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781137584700
Publication Date: 2018

Citing your sources

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language; The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021

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Theatre databases

Asian American Drama This link opens in a new window Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The collection begins with the works of Sadakichi Hartmann in the late 19th century and progresses to the writings of contemporary playwrights, such as Philip Kan Gotanda, Elizabeth Wong, and Jeannie Barroga. The plays themselves have been selected using leading bibliographies and with the editorial advice of Josephine D. Lee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Esther S. Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; James S. Moy, University of New Mexico; and Karen Shimakawa, University of California, Davis
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
DT+ includes streaming video of plays and performances produced on the contemporary British and American stage, interviews with professional practitioners and masterclasses on technique, study guides on classic works, and pedagogical guides for the classroom and theater production.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Archive of back issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects, with an emphasis on arts, humanities, and social sciences. Also includes current content for select journals and a large collection of University Press books.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, this collection offers high definition streaming video of productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies.
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times from 1851-2012.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Full text of over 300 peer-reviewed journals published by university presses and scholarly societies with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window Collection of more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Access generously provided by Campus Quality Fee.

Finding Theatre-specific journals

American Theatre (TCG)
Asian Theatre Journal
Comparative Drama
Dance Chronicle
Dance Research
Dance Research Journal
Journal of American Drama and Theatre
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Modern Drama
NTQ: New Theatre Quarterly CSUN does not subscribe to this journal, but it is indexed in Academic Search Premier and you may use ILL or CSU+ to request articles.
Opera Quarterly
PAJ: a Journal of Performance and Art
TDR: The Drama Review
Theater Magazine (Yale)
Theatre History Studies
Theatre Journal
Theatre Research International CSUN does not subscribe to this journal but you can browse articles in Academic Search Premier and request full-text access using ILL or CSU+.
Theatre Survey
Theatre Topics
ILL and CSU+
For materials that the University Library does not own or have access to, you may use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) or CSU+. Both are free services.