Theatre & Performance Studies Research Guide

Search for Plays by Title

(Use BASIC SEARCH)

Strategy #1 - Title Beginning With...

Play Title: Mother Courage and Her Children

• Step 1: Using the Catalog and the Basic Search; type the title of the play in the title beginning with... search box.

•   Step 2: Click on a title from the search results.

•   Step 3: Check availability, note the location and call number.

Can't find your play?

Many plays are published in collections and anthologies, and will not be retrieved when conducting a title search.

To find out if your play is published in a collection or anthogology, use Strategy #2.

Strategy #2 - Word/s Anywhere...

Play Title: Joe Turner's Come and Gone

• Step 1: Using the Catalog and the Basic Search; type the title of the play in the word/s anywhere search box*

*Expert Tip: Put quotations (") around your play title to search for the words as a phrase.

• Step 2: Click on a title from the search results.

Example: Twelve Plays for Theatre [edited by] Robert Cohen.

• Step 3: Look at the full record. Notice the play, Joe Turner's Come and Gone is listed in the contents notes.

• Step 4: Check availability, note the location and call number

Still can't find your play?

Try using a Printed Index to Plays in Collections (see above, right),

a Playscript Database, or contact Leahkim for assistance.

You can apply these same strategies to searching for plays by name of playwright.

To use author beginning with..., put the playwright's name in last name first:

Wilson, August

To use word/s anywhere, put the playwright's name in first/last order, and in quotes:

"August Wilson"

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Click on the "View Website" link below to view the full list in WorldCatUM.

(See also Inter-Play, Portland State Univerity Library's free online index to plays in collections, anthololgies and periodicals.)