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Theater and Drama: Biographies

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Biographies

  • Literature Online
    Literature Online includes information about over 14,000 authors. Search for author pages by name or browse for authors by nationality, time period, or other criteria.
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, in association with the British Academy is the first point of reference for anyone interested in the lives of the peoples of the British Isles and their connections overseas, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. It is the product of research instituted at the University of Oxford and funded by the British Academy and by Oxford University Press. It is the achievement of 10,000 contributors and advisers staff in Oxford. The Oxford DNB aims to provide full, accurate, concise, and readable articles on noteworthy people in all walks of life. No living person is included: the Dictionary's articles are confined to people who died before 31 December 2000.
  • Gale Literary Databases
    Comprising the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Contemporary Authors, this resource includes short critical biographies of authors from all nationalities and eras.
  • American National Biography Online
    Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. The publication of the online edition makes the ANB even more useful as a dynamic source of information -- updated quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. The ANB Online also features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.
  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index
    A comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Print Resources

  • Who's who in contemporary world theatre by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PN2035 .W485 2000
    ISBN: 0415141613
    A helpful guide to important figures.
  • Contemporary theatre, film, and television
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PN2285 .C66 v.1- 1984-
    ISBN: 0749-064X
    Entries cover primarily active (i.e. currently working) figures in the performing arts, with listings of credits, appearances, awards, and citations to further reading.
  • Contemporary dramatists by K.A. Berney
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PR106 .V5 1993
    ISBN: 1558621857
    Covers English-speaking dramatists, with over 300 well-researched entries in essay form.
  • Performing arts biography master index by Barbara McNeil and Miranda C. Herbert
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PN1583 .M37 1982
    ISBN: 081031097X
    Over 270,000 citations to biographical reference sources in the performing arts.
  • Variety obits : an index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978 by Jeb H. Perry
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PN1583 .P4
    ISBN: 0810812894
    Obituaries can be an excellent source of biographical information. Issues of Variety from 1936 to 1962 are available by request from the Storage Library; issues from 1962 on are available on microfilm in the Jones Media Center; current issues are held in the News Room.
  • Obituaries in the performing arts
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PN1583 .O25 1995-
    ISBN: 1087-9617
    Short entries with photos and citations to longer obituaries in other resources. Published annually.
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