Western Drama Through the Ages

Ms. Stepkowski - Theatre Studies

You will find a head start on resources that may assist you in your research below. Yes, you may use Wikipedia to help you out and direct your academic research, but you must make sure that your source is credible.

Before you begin...

Helpful Links:

1. MLA Structure & Template

(For this particular presentation, you will most likely need the in-text citations and works cited section the most.

2. Use EBSCO

Search Term: "playwright" and "title of play"

Greek Drama - Sophocles' "Antigone"

Berkowitz, Luci. "Sophocles." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar520220. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

George, Lisa Rengo. "Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.: Theater." Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, edited by

Edward I. Bleiberg, et al., vol. 2: Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E. Gale, 2005, p. 345. Gale Ebooks,

https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3427400335/GVRL?u=39sbo&sid=GVRL&xid=49bf8168. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

Krentz, Peter. "Greece, Ancient." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar234900. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

Renaissance Drama - William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

“Drama, Western.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Nov. 2019, pp. 1–6. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx

direct=true&db=aph&AN=134512334&site=ehost-live.

Hankins, James. "Renaissance." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar464720. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

19th Century Drama - Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"

Crone, Anna Lisa. "Chekhov, Anton." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar108360. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

Raleigh, Donald J. "Russia." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar479480. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

20th Century Drama - Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage"

Mews, Siegfried. "Brecht, Bertolt." World Book Student, World Book, 2019,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar075320. Accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

Vork, Robert. “Silencing Violence: Repetition and Revolution in Mother Courage and Her Children.” Comparative Drama, vol. 47,

no. 1, Spring 2013, pp. 31–54. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1353/cdr.2013.0004.