Theatre & Speech Communication

Essential research database for all aspects of modern languages and literature. It contains more than 2.7 million records from books, journals, dissertations and scholarly web sites.

Indexes and abstracts over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles, and dissertations on all aspects of theatre, dance, and other performing arts worldwide. Includes the full text of articles from more than 200 journals and more than 370 full-text books. Years of coverage vary by title. Updated regularly.

Provides full-text access to back issues of selected scholarly books and journals across all academic disciplines. Particularly useful for Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Provides full-text access to current issues of over 300 journals in the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters and production companies. 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

This edition of Black Drama, Second Edition contains approximately 1,462 plays by 233 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

North American Theatre Online is a comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies. Each year we'll add more than 20,000 new records. The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

This resource is a comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes: 40,000 pages of major reference materials, 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies.The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

This edition of North American Women's Drama contains 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. More than 30% of the plays in the collection have never been published before. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

This edition of Twentieth Century North American Drama contains 2,059 plays by 434 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. More than 150 of the plays are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors.

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A collection of streaming films and video segments in the humanities & social sciences, business & economics, science & mathematics, health & medicine, technical education, family & consumer sciences, careers & job searching, and guidance & counseling. Closed captions and/or interactive transcripts are available for many, but not all, titles.

The database provides unique access to their African American Classics collection, and includes films covering history, politics, art and culture, family structure, social and economic pressures, and gender relations.