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      • The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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      • American drama criticism
      • American Playwrights Since 1945 : A Guide To Scholarship, Criticism, And Performance
      • American Theatre : A Chronicle Of Comedy And Drama, 1930-1969
      • An Annotated Dictionary Of Technical, Historical, And Stylistic Terms Relating To Theatre And Drama: A Handbook Of Dramaturgy
      • The Cambridge Guide To Theatre
      • A Guide To Theatre In America
      • A History Of African American Theatre
      • The New York Times Theatre Reviews
      • The Oxford Encyclopedia Of Theatre & Performance
      • Three Hundred Years Of American Drama And Theatre
    
    
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• New York Times
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• A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
• Internet Broadway Database
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• New York Theatre Wire
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