Drama
(Plays, Screen Plays, and Scripts)
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Bartleby.com : Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/
Click on the "fiction" tab and search by author, title of play, or
the keyword plays. Plays listed are free of copyright and
available free online.
Electronic Text
Archives and Plays Online http://www.vl-theatre.com/list4.shtml
An extensive list of links to plays, screenplays, and scripts that
are available online (free). This list is maintained by the
reputable and hard-working staff at the WWW Virtual Library.
Guttenberg Project
Contains plays that re fee of copyright and available free online.
Search by author, tile of play, or the keyword(s) play(s).
Justin's Theatre Links http://www.theatrelinks.com/playscripts.htm
"A large collection of links to all aspects of theater, including history,
practitioners, genres and styles, playwrights, scripts, companies, stagecraft,
costumes, education and curriculum resources, and much more Searchable.
Maintain by the head of the drama department of Avila College, Melbourne,
Australia."
Online
Databases
(Rio Hondo Students only)
Rio Hondo College databases.
Shakespeare on Disc
Complete plays of William Shakespeare available from Library
computers.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:
The Oxford dictionary of plays
Call number: Ref PN1625.P38 2005
Drama criticism
Call number: Ref PN1601.D59 v.1
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
American drama--Mexican American authors
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases -
http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 1 sample search
below are from the
ProQuest
database.
Use Advanced Search and type each term in a separate box:
1. SU(theater) AND SU(reviews)
Researched and evaluated by:
A. Enright, Librarian 10/2006
last update: T. Shacklett, Librarian 5/2008
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