TheaterHistory

Books
Search the media catalogto find books by using terms appropriate for your topic. See a media specialist if you need help. There may be a cart of books pulled for your class if you are coming to the media center.

Databases (NHS Homepage > Academics > Library Media Center > Research > High)
You will need history resources to briefly describe the history of the time period. Don't forget to draw a connection between world events and theatrical developments!!! ABC-CLIO - American history and Pop Culture World History in Context Encyclopedia Britannica World Book Encyclopedia - Great Overview of each period - also lists overviews of many playwrights

eBooks
Arts & Humanities through the Eras NHS History eBooks - American Decades and World Eras Salem Press - Decades, Great Events from History

Websites
Theatre & Drama in Ancient Greece- lots of links and info; site maintained by theatre arts professor Ancient Greek Theatre History of Drama - includes Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renissance, Neo-Class. Met's Timeline of Art History American History Timeline Roman Theatre Middle Ages/Medieval Theatre Renaissance/Italian Theatre Elizabethan Theatre Elizabethan Theatre 2 Greek Theatre Modern American Theatre Romanticism Realism English Restoration French Theatre Federal Theatre Project

How do I cite my sources? How do I create parenthetical citations?

 * See the media center's MLA page for citation sheets and parenthetical citation info.