THTR 42: Theatre History II - Bracco   Tags: play_reviews, production_history, reviews_of_plays, stage_history, theater_reviews, theatre_reviews, theatrical_reviews  

This 3-volume encyclopedia is an excellent source for beginning research on the theatre. Volume 1 contains articles about important plays, while Volume 2 contains articles about the playwrights. The articles include recommendations of the most important books and journal articles on their subjects, which can help you know where to look next to find more information.

This encyclopedia provides good introductory articles on important playwrights and other topics of interest for the study of theatre. It does not include separate articles on individual plays. Bibliographies listing books useful for further study are often not included, and, when they are, they are brief and usually limited to major secondary sources of information on the topic.