THEATRE

An encyclopedia of playwrights, important actors and directors, theaters, companies, movements, events, technology, and other aspects of theater throughout time and place.

A guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present, including playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more.

This 8 volume set contains 602 essays that discuss individual dramatists and cover overview topics. Authors covered represent all time periods and all areas of the world.

Each article on a nation's theatre--ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 words--is divided into 12 sections: history, structure of the national theatre community, artistic profile, music theatre, dance theatre, theatre for young audiences, puppet theatre, design, theatre space and architecture, training, criticism, scholarship and publishing, and further reading.

Articles on women of distinction in American theatre--actors, directors, designers, choreographers, playwrights, critics, agents, etc. The entries describe the women's professional contributions and provide biographical information and bibliographical materials.

Can’t tell a scrim from a scruto? This dictionary is particularly useful for defining archaic theatre terms that you are unlikely to find in online dictionaries.