Theatre

A Research Guide for Theatre from West Chester University Libraries

Finding plays by call number

Call numbers for plays are in the ranges below:

The 2s in bold indicate drama.

 

800 range                         Literature                                   5th floor

 

808.82                             Play anthologies (theoretically from more than one original language but in practice may all have been written originally in English)

812                                            American drama (including time period breakdowns, like 812.6 (21st century))

812.08 American plays and short/one-act plays by many different authors

812.4  American drama in the 19th century

812.5  American drama in the 20th century

812.52  American drama by authors publishing for the first time in the first half of the 20th century

812.54  American drama by authors publishing for the first time in the second half of the 21st century

812.6  American drama in the 21st century

822                                 British drama (including time period breakdowns, like 822.914 (second half of 20th century) and 822.92 (21st century))

832                                 German drama (in German or translated from German into other languages) with time period breakdowns

842                                 French drama (in French or translated from French into other languages) with time period breakdowns

852                                 Italian drama (in Italian or translated from Italian into other languages) with time period breakdowns

862                                 Spanish drama (in Spanish or translated from Spanish into other languages) with time period breakdowns

 

8X2                                 other original languages (e.g., 882, classical Greek drama, in the original language or translated into English)

 

782.14 or 782.1402          most librettos of musicals             Presser Music Library

791.4372                         screenplays                                  5th floor



 

 

Plays Every Theatre Major Should Read

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