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Bibliography: Greek and Roman Drama Print Resources

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Reference:

Bailey, Claudia J. (Lowe).  A Guide to Reference Bibliography for Theatre Research. 2d ed. rev. and expanded. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Library, Publications Committee, 1983. Bobst REF/1Z5781.B14 1983 c.1

Brockett, Oscar G. History of the Theatre, 5th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1987. Bobst REF/1 PN2101.B68 1987

Cheney, Sheldon. The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft. Revised and reset illustrated ed. New York: McKay, 1972. Bobst PN2102.C5 1972

Forman, Robert J. Classical Greek and Roman Drama: an Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1989. REF/1 Z7018.D7 F67 1989

Freedley, George and Reeves, John A. A History of the Theatre. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. , 1955. Bobst REF/1 PN2101.F7 1955

Hartnoll, Phyllis. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1983. Bobst REF/1 PN2035.H3 1983

Mantzius, Karl. A History of Theatrical Art In Ancient and Modern Times. Introduction by William Archer. Authorized translation by Louise von Cossell. Vol. 1., The Earliest Times. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1970. Bobst REF/1 PN2106.M313 1970 Non-circulating.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: an international reference work in 5 volumes. Stanley Hochman, editor-in-chief. 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. Bobst REF/1 PN1625.M3 1984 Non-circulating.

Nagler, A.M. A Source Book in Theatrical History. (Sources of Theatrical History). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1952. Bobst REF/1 PN2101.N3 1959 Non-circulating.

Nicoll, Allardyce. World Drama. From Aeschylus to Anouilh. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1950. Bobst REF/1 PN2101.N58 1950 Non-circulating.

Sommerstein, Alan H. Greek Drama and Dramatists. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Bobst REF/1 PA3131.S6613 2002 Non-circulating.

Circulating:

Arnott, Peter D. An Introduction to the Greek Theatre. Foreword by H. D. K. Kitto. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967. Bobst PA3201.A76 1967.

Arnott, Peter D. The Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre. New York: Random House, 1971. Bobst PA3201.A747.

Arnott, W. Geoffrey. Menander, Plautus, Terence. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. Bobst PA4247.A76x.

Becatti, Giovanni. The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome: From the Rise of Greece to the Fall of Rome. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967. Bobst N5610.B32.

Bieber, Marguerite. The History of the Greek and Roman Theatre. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1961. Bobst PA3201.B5 1961.

Brockett, Oscar. The Essential Theatre. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Pub., 2000. Bobst PN 2101.B72 2000.

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy. Edited by P.E. Easterling. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Bobst PA3131.C36 1997.

Charbonneaux, Jean, Roland Martin and Francois Villard. Archaic Greek Art. New York: George Braziller, 1971. Bobst N5630.C45713.

Duckworth, George E. The Nature of Roman Comedy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952. Bobst PA6069.D8.

Flickinger, Roy Caston. The Greek Theater and Its Drama. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918. Bobst PA3131.F5.

E. Togo Salmon Conference (1st: 1993: McMaster University). Roman Theatre and Society: E. Togo Salmon Conference Papers. Edited by William J. Slater. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. Bobst PA6073.E2 1993.

Frank, Tenney. Life and Literature in the Roman Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1930. Bobst PA6011.F7.

Goldberg, Sander M. The Making of Menander's Comedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. PA4247.G58 1980.

Grant, Michael. The World of Rome. New York: Mentor Books, 1960. Bobst DG77.G62 1960.

Green, J.R.  Theatre in Ancient Society.  New York; London: Routledge, 1994. Bobst PA3201.G74 1994.

Hadas, Moses. Greek Drama. Edited by Moses Hadas. Toronto, Ont.; New York: Bantam Books, 1982. Bobst PA3626.A2 H3 1982.

Hamilton, Edith. The Greek Way. New York: Norton, 1964. Bobst DF77.H34 1964.

Hamilton, Edith. The Roman Way. New York: Avon Books, 1932. Bobst PA6019.H3

Hanson, John Arthur. Roman Theater Temples. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1959. Bobst NA 325.T5 H3.

Hathhorn, Richmond Y.  Tragedy, Myth and Mystery. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1962. Bobst PN1892.H27.

Henry, Denis and Elisabeth Henry. The Mask of Power: Seneca's Tragedies and Imperial Rome. Chicago: Bolchazy-Carducci,1985. Bobst PA6675.H37 1985.

Konstan, David.  Roman Comedy. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1983. Bobst PA6069.K66.

Kostof, Spiro. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Bobst NA200.K65 1985.

Onians, John. Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age. London: Thames and Hudsom. 1979. Bobst N5633.06.

Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir. The Dramatic Festival of Athens. London: University Press, 1968. Bobst PA3201.P5 1968.

Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir. Dithyramb, Tragedy and Comedy.  2nd Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. Bobst PA3131.P5 1962.

Podlecki, Anthony J. The Political Background of Aeschylean Tragedy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1966. Bobst PA3829.P57.

Rosenmeyer, T.G. Senecan Drama and Stoic Cosmology. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Bobst PA6686.R67 1989.

Sandbach, F.H. The Comic Theatre of Greece and Rome. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 1977. Bobst PA3161.S2 1977b.

Simon, Erika. The Ancient Theatre. Trans. C.E. Vafopoulou-Richardson. London: Mehue, 1982. Bobst PA2301.S5513 1982.

Slater, Niall W. Plautus in Performance. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985. Bobst PA6585.S55 1985.

Taplin, Oliver. Greek Tragedy in Action. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Bobst PA3201.T36x.

Trendall, A.D. Illustrations of Greek Drama. London: Phaidon; New York, Distributed by Praeger Publishers, 1971. Bobst N7760.T7.

Wiles, David. Tragedy in Athens: Performance Space and Theatrical Meaning. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Bobst PA3201.W55 1997.

Wise, Jennifer. Dionysus Writes: The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. Bobst PA3201.W57 1998.