Research Guides: Design for Stage and Film: Finding Books

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Twentieth-Century Stage Decoration

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North American Theatre Online is a comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre; Including some 40,000 pages of reference materials, 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, 2,500 production companies and 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources. Click on All Works to locate Twentieth Century Stage Decoration and Theatrical Designers.