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Drama

Starting points for research in drama

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Accessing Digital Resources

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Page created by Scott Stone, Research Librarian for Performing Arts. Always feel free to reach out if you have any questions about resources on this page or if you'd like additional assistance exploring beyond what are listed here: stonesm@uci.edu

Musicals

Sunday in the Park with George / by Stephen Sondheim

Bat Boy: The Musical / by Dick Kulpa and Bob Lind

Camelot / by Alan Jay Lerner

Threepenny Opera / by Bertolt Brecht

Plays

A Raisin in the Sun / by Lorraine Hansberry

The Misanthrope / by Molière

Oedipus El Rey / by Luis Alfaro

The Crucible / by Arthur Miller

Ballets

Swan Lake / by with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Giselle / with music by Adolphe Adam

Revelations / by Alvin Ailey

Flight Pattern / by Henryk Gorecki and Crystal Pite

Operas

Lakme / music by Leo Delibes

Madama Butterfly / music by Giacomo Puccini

The Magic Flute / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Carmen / music by Georges Bizet

Production History

In a perfect world, each show you all are studying would have a page with its full production history that's easily findable. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Depending on when and where something premiered, we might need to look in a variety of resources to track down some of a show's production history. For modern (i.e., post-1900) shows, your best starting point is probably to search in newspapers. 

You can find the vast majority of our digital newspapers on the News & Newspapers guide. Be sure to browse around the various tabs by geographic area (e.g., United States vs. Internationa) and time period (e.g., Historical Newspapers).

A few of my standard starting points are:

  • New York Times Historical
    • If your show was anywhere near NY, you'll find it mentioned here. Coverage: mid-1800s-present
  • Newspapers.com World Collection
    • This is a newspaper aggregator that tends to provide access to smaller newspapers from little towns. It'll help you find little known productions, but also probably mention productions in larger, neighboring cities. Coverage: early-1800s-present
  • Times Digital Archive
    • If it happened in the UK, there's a good chance it'll be found here. Coverage: late-1700s-present