Information on theatre past and present in all parts of the world. Also available online to University of Illinois users.

Covers the American stage from its beginnings to present; includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, and dramatic movements.

Lists and describes major published sources of information about American actors from the beginning of American professional theatre to 1983.

Directory for locating biographical information about historical figures in American and British theatre.

Provides brief biographical and bibliographic information for dramatists, as well as contact information when available.

Excellent source for information about theatrical figures who were famous before 1976.

Comprehensive two-volume list of theatrical figures' birth/death dates, and where their obituaries were published.

Lists and describes published biographies and autobiographies about notable figures in world theatre from the beginnings to 1985.

15 volumes. Reprints of obituaries published in the entertainment trade journal Variety, arranged chronologically with indexes. (Vol. 11 is the index to all previous volumes, and subsequent volumes have their own indexes).

Biographies of notable figures in American and British theatre.

A 4-volume biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, directors, playwrights and producers of the English-speaking theatre.