Theatre Arts : Databases

A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from thousands of major respected reference works, books, and literary journals, including thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, and author interviews.

Includes the complete text of the reference series Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography, which provide in-depth biographical, and bibliographical information on authors’ lives and works. Also includes selected full-text from numerous other literary reference titles published by Gale as well as full-text articles, critical essays and reviews come from scholarly journals and literary magazines.

a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide from 1960 to the present. Includes articles, books, chapters, dissertations, editions, adaptations, and digital projects.