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About Twentieth Century North American Drama

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'This edition of Twentieth Century North American Drama contains 319 plays by 53 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Some 25 of the plays are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors.' (from database homepage) When complete, it will contain the full text of 1,500 plays.

The full text in this database is linked from North American Theatre Online. Gift of Mary Wickes in honor of her parents Isabella & Frank Wickenhauser.

Sources See About the database.
Dates Covered Late-1800's to the present.
Help Documents Available within database; click on Help.
Print Counterpart (backfiles) No print counterpart for the collection itself; individual works may be searched in the online catalog.
Provider Alexander Street Press.
Access On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses.
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