Penn State University Libraries - Theatre

Reference Compilations

• The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. PN1861.C651 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• International Dictionary of Theatre. Chicago: St. James Press, 1992. PN2035.I49 1992 / Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference
  
• The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2004. PN2220.B6 2004 / Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference
  
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003.  PN2035.O92 2003 / Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference
  
• The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. London and New York: Routledge, 1994-2000.  PN2035.W67 1994 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Theatre Backstage from A to Z. 4th ed. Seattle: U of Washington P, 1999.  PN2091.M3L68 1999 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003.  PN2091.E4B66 2003 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  

Biographical Resources

• American National Biography
  
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
  
• Contemporary Authors
  
• Contemporary Dramatists. 6th ed. New York: St. James, 1999. PR737.V5 1999 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984-.  PN1583.C65 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Abstracts & Indexes
  
• Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. PN2285.N65 1989 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Variety Obituaries, 1905-. New York: Garland, 1988-. PN1583.V35 1988 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Who Was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Directors, Playwrights, and Producers of the English-Speaking Theatre
  . Detroit: Gale Research, 1978. PN2597.W52 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
• Who's Who in the Theatre. 17th ed. London: Pitman; Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. PN2012.W5 17th 1981 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  

• American Memory
  
• American Broadsides and Ephemera
  
• ARTstor
  
• A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
  
• John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera
• School of Theatre (Penn State)
  
• The Costume Page

• Theatre World. New York: Applause, 1944-. PN2277.N5A17 / Pattee - Stacks 2A
  
• The Best Plays. New York: Limelight Editions, 1894-. PN6112.B4501; earlier eds. PN2266.A2 / Pattee - Stacks 2A
  
• American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.  ML1711.B67 2001 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001 PN2277.N5H57 2001 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. [preceded by vols. for 1914-1930 and for 1869-1914] PN2266.B64 1996 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. PN2237.A43 1986 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. PN2256.A44 1987 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• American Theatre Companies, 1931-1986. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. PN2266.A54 1989 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• Annals of the New York Stage. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. PN2277.N5O4 / Pattee, Stacks 2A
  
• The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. [With successive volumes by decade.] PN2277.N5L36 1985 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• The London Stage, 1660-1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1960. [Biographical Dictionary, PN2597.H5; Index, PN2592.L63S3; A New Version of Part 2, 1700-1729] PN2592.L6 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference
  
• The London Stage, 1890-1899: A Calendar of Plays and Players. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976. [With successive vols. by decade.] PN2596.L6W37 / Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference