This is a general guide to research in the scholarship of the History of Theatre. For a guide to Period Resources (for images and scholarship in material culture) please see: http://blog.lib.msu.edu/libdata_pos/page.phtml?page_id=1373 .
This database is composed of approximately 500 U.S. newspapers,
published between 1800 and 1900. It includes titles from throughout the
United States, including many published in what were, at the time, only
territories. Use to find play reviews, as well as other connected
information (such as history for regional theatres, etc.).
Full-text, PDF. The variety of information spanning more than 150 years found in The New York Times
provides resources applicable to the study of the Arts, Business,
Communications and Media, Economics, Geography, Government, Health,
History, Language Arts, Science, Technology, and more. For theatre
reviews do Advanced search, limit to "document type," then choose
"reviews," then write name of production (in quotations) on next search
line.
