Theater books are generally found on the 6th floor with older books on the ground floor in compact shelving.
PN1600-3307: Literature (General). Drama:
PN6110.5-6120: Collections of General Literature. Drama.
Reference materials help to expand keywords and find basic information about an actor, production, context, and/or location. You may also find images, photographs, sketches, and other visual information.
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Here is a sample of books recently acquired by UNC Charlotte Atkins Library.
The Great White Way by Broadway musicals are one of America's most beloved art forms and play to millions of people each year. But what do these shows, which are often thought to be just frothy entertainment, really have to say about our country and who we are as a nation? The Great White Way discusses the racial politics, content, and subtexts of musicals for the past one hundred years from Show Boat (1927) to The Scottsboro Boys (2011).
Holocaust Theater by Holocaust Theater addresses a selection of contemporary plays about the Holocaust, examining how collective and individual trauma is represented in dramatic texts, and considering the ways in which spectators might be swayed viscerally, intellectually, and emotionally by witnessing such representations onstage.
History, Memory, Performance (Studies in International Performance) by History, Memory, Performance is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring performances of the past in a wide range of trans-national and historical contexts.
Blue-Collar Broadway: The Craft and Industry of American Theater by Blue-Collar Broadway recovers the history of the people and the neighborhood whose undersung labor supported the growth of New York's theater district.
Theatre and Empire by The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations. This compelling examination of the relationship between theatre and empire begins with potential definitions and theories of empire, suggesting how we might think of these two notions together and how we might see empire itself as theatre. A variety of case studies are then used to explore theatre in light of both cultural and economic imperialism.