Research Guides: African American Drama: Reference

What are Reference Books?

Books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and directories are often used to answer quick questions or provide background information about a topic before pursuing more detailed research.

Reference Titles

The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre by Harvey Young (Editor)
The concise Oxford companion to African American literature
Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
Dictionary of the Black theatre : Broadway, off-Broadway, and selected Harlem theatre
The African American theatre directory, 1816-1960 a comprehensive guide to early Black theatre organizations, companies, theatres, and performing groups
Black theatre directory by Addell Austin Anderson; Black Theatre Network
Black American playwrights, 1800 to the present : a bibliography
Black theatre and performance : a pan-African bibliography by John Gray
African American dramatists : an A-to-Z guide
Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays by Bernard L. Peterson
Black voices : plays of the black theatre : a catalog of dramatic works by contemporary African-American playwrights
Profiles of African American stage performers and theatre people, 1816-1960 by Bernard L. Peterson
Online version also avail.
Contemporary African American Female Playwrights by Dana A. Williams
Contemporary African American Women Playwrights by Philip C. Kolin (Editor)
History of African American theatre