Drama: Reference works

International Directory of Theatre. 3 vols. St James Press, 1994. Vol 1: Plays; Vol 2: Playwrights, Vol 3: Actors, directors and designers.Illustrated historical coverage from Ancient Greece listing plays in 20 languages. (Blue 3 Ref. 803.2/H1)

• Berney K A ed. Contemporary British Dramatists. St James Press, 1994. Covers British and Irish writers and provides biographies, complete lists of published/produced plays, bibliographies, critical studies and signed essays. (Blue 3 Ref. 822.091. B1)
• Berney K A ed. Contemporary Dramatists. 5th ed. St James Press, 1993. Includes dramatists writing in English; biographies, complete lists of published/produced plays and signed essays. (Blue 3 Ref. 822.091. C6)
• Contemporary Women Dramatists. St James Press, 1994. Covers English-language writers for the stage, biographies, lists of plays published/produced, critical studies and signed essays. (Blue 3 Ref. 822.091. B1)
• Contemporary Authors.Gale Research. Semi-annual since 1962.  Includes dramatists and drama criticism. (Blue 3 Ref. B810. C16)
• Demastes W W and Kelly K.G. British Playwrights, 1880-1956. Greenwood Press, 1966. (Blue 3 Ref. 822.091. D3)
• Demastes W W and Kelly K G. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996. (Blue 3 Ref. 822.091. D2) Research and production sourcebooks including biographies, major plays and revivals. archival scources and bibliographies.
• Dictionary of Literary Biography. Gale Research.Since 1981 an on-going series of monographs including British Dramatists since WW2, Modern British Dramatists 1900-1945 and Shakespeare. (Blue 3 Ref. 810.91. D31)
• Enciclopedia della Spettacolo.12 vols. Rome: Casa Editrice la Maschere.  1954. (Blue 3 Ref. 792.03. E82)
• Ganzle K ed. The British Musical Theatre. 2 vols. Macmillan, 1986 (Blue 3 Ref. 792.6. G1)
• Hochman S ed. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. 2nd ed.5 vols. McGraw-Hill, 1984.(Blue 3 Ref. 792.03. M2)
• Kennedy D ed. Oxford Encyclopaedia of Theatre and Performance. 2 vols. OUP, 2003. International covereage with illlustrations and bibliographies. (Blue 3 Ref. 792.03. K1)
• Ortolani B ed. Bibliography of the Theatre. New York: Theater Reseach Center.  (Blue 3 Ref. B792. I1)
• Petterson M. German Theatre: a bibliography to 1995. G K Hall, 1996. English/German text. (Blue 3 Ref. 792.0943. P1)

• British National Film and Video Catalogue. BFI. Covers fiction and non-fiction film, with subject index and addresses for producers and distributors. (Blue 3 ref. B791.4. B73)
• International Dictionary of Film and Filmakers. 3rd ed.4 vols. St James Press, 1997. Volumes for films, directors, actors, writers and production artists. (Blue 3 Ref. 791.453. I1)
• Walker J ed. Halliwell's Film and Video Guide. Harper Collins, 1996. (Blue 3 Ref. 791.4. H34)
• Walker J ed. Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. 3rd ed. Harper Collins Entertainment, 2003 (Blue 3 Ref. 791.453. H1)