Anyone with an academic, professional, amateur, or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want to look up details of particular plays sometimes - per

The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides essential information on the best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes deta

This volume explores the history of American drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It describes origins of early republican drama and its evolutio

"This Companion is a concise and updated version of The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performance (2 volumes, 2003)"--Pref.

A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.