PSCC Libraries: Literary Criticism: Plays & Drama

Plays & Drama

Pellissippi Libraries offers a wide variety of play scripts. Many of these scripts can be accessed online through the link below. Scripts can also be found in the library stacks. Ask a Librarian if you need assistance finding them.

Play Scripts at PSCC Libraries

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 3rd. Ed. by Gerald Martin Bordman; Thomas S. Hischak
Call Number: Ref. PN2220 .B6 2004
Publication Date: 2004
Alphabetical entries on influential people, plays, genres, movements, and more, provide information about the history of American theater.
Facts on File Companion to American Drama
Call Number: REF PS330 .F33 2010
A comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
Call Number: REF PN2035 .C65 2002
Over 2500 entries that range widely over theatre in the last century. It features exceptional scholarly entries, and a series of boxed essays written by active professional theatre insiders. The Companion includes geographical scope, with entries on “Portuguese-Speaking African Theatre” and “Arab Theatre”, as well as current, with entries on “Digital performance” and the “Internet”.
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, Rev. Ed. by Martin Banham (Editor)
Publication Date: 1995
Includes bibliographical references.
Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
Call Number: REF PN2035 .C27 1988
Illustrated, single-volume reference that emphasizes international theater and performance in its broadest sense. A-to-Z entries provide clear and concise information on traditions, theories, companies, playwrights, practitioners, venues and events.
Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
Publication Date: 2014
Surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality, and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. Chapters provide a biographical introduction to the work; survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays; discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns, and critical reception; bibliography of published plays; and select list of critical works.

Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
Call Number: REF PN1861 .C65 2007
A to Z reference for modern drama, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of drama by placing playwrights and plays within their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Publication Date: 2004
Information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.

Drama for Students
Call Number: Ref. PN1601 .D595
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
A New Perpsective on the Role of Musicality in the Theatre
Publication Date: 2014
Music continues to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices. In this study of musicality in the theatre, David Roesner offers a revised view of the nature of the relationship between music and theatre.
Theatre, Opera and Consciousness
Publication Date: 2013
Discusses concerns of theatre history, develops a new perspective on ethical implications of theatre practice, reassesses the concept of the guru, and offers a new approach to the actor's cool-down. Expands from theatre to opera and presents a new consideration of the spiritual aspects of singing in opera, conducting for opera, and the opera experience for singers and spectators.
Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre
Publication Date: 2013
Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature. Drawing on insights from various disciplines as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened awareness of performance can enhance our appreciation of Greek and Roman theatre.

Shakespeare after All
Call Number: HV Library PR2976 .G368 2004
Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
Call Number: REF PR 2892. 094 2001
Comprehensive reference on Shakespeare's works, times, life, and legacy.
Shakespeare for Students
Criticism to Shakespeare's 8 most popularly studied plays - Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice.

Critical Survey of Drama
Call Number: PN1625 .C68 2003
538 profiles of individual dramatists. Besides listing new productions and publications and honors and awards, these essays provide analyses of significant new works.
Dramatists Sourcebook
Call Number: HV Library REF PN 2289 .D73 2010
This work is self-described as "a simple working guide for playwrights," and is divided into three parts: Script opportunities, career opportunities, and resources.

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