Keeley Library Student Pages:
Art & Music -
Theatre / Performing Arts
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Theatre" or "Theater" and "Performing Arts." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Acting
- Ballet
- Choreography
- Comedy
- Costume--History
- Dance
- Dialogue
- Drama
- Drama--Production and direction
- Drama--Technique
- Elocution
- Farce
- Monologues
- Performing arts--Production and direction
- Playwriting
- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.
- Stage adaptations
- Stage lighting
- Television plays
- Theater
- Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
- Theatrical makeup
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- Encyclopedia of world theater
- Ethnic dress
- Famous actors and actresses of the American stage
- Folk dances of European countries
- Historical encyclopedia of costumes
- History of the theater
- Modern theatre
- Oxford companion to the theater
- Plays, players and playwrights
- The theater
- Theatre handbook and digest of plays
- The theatre : three thousand years of drama, acting and stagecraft
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