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Theatre Librarian


Pam Draper
404 Cooper Library
pdraper@clemson.edu (864) 656-6374
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More Theatre Resources

 

 

Biography Resource Center   full-text biographical information (includes Marquis Who's Who)
     
Literature Resource Center   biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline PASCAL
     
Scribner Writers Series   lengthy essays on authors and literary genres
     
Internet Broadway Database   comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production; also historical information about theatres and various statistics and facts related to Broadway
     
Lortel Archives - The Internet Off-Broadway Database   information about Off-Broadway shows
     
Oxford Performing Arts Dictionaries   dictionaries of dance, music, opera, and theatre
     
Oxford African American Studies Center   African American and African history and culture including theatre, plays, and playwrights
     
Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms   over 1,500 technical theatre terms
     
American Memory Performing Arts and Music Collections  

multimedia web site of digitized historical documents, photographs, moving pictures, sheet music, sound recordings, books, pamphlets and other resources from the Library of Congress

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Arts and Humanities Through the Eras   overview of architecture, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts from ancient Egypt through the Enlightenment
     
History Resource Center: U. S.   complete overview of U.S. history; includes primary sources, full-text journal articles, encyclopedia articles, audio and video clips
     
Grove Music Online   encyclopedia articles on all aspects of music; includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.)
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)

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