Plays and Monologues: Books

For collections of plays, try:

• Drama
• Drama -- 20th century
• Drama -- Collections

For collections of children's plays specifically, use instead:

• Plays (for collections of plays by one author or one set of joint authors)
• Children's Plays (for collections of plays by multiple authors)

For books about playwrights or plays (criticism or about plays as a literary form), some subjects to use include:

• Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Drama -- History and criticism
• Dramatists
• Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography

For collections of monologues, some subject headings to search include:

• Monologues
• Monologues with music
• Acting -- Auditions

For books about monologues (criticism or other works about monologues as a literary form), try:

• Monologue
• Dramatic monologues -- History and criticism

For browsing, here are some call number ranges that contain different types of plays and monologues:

• General collections of plays can be found in PN 6112
• Collections of plays from specific countries will be in various locations; search the catalog for specific areas.  Some examples:
  • American plays: PS 634
  • British plays: PR 1245
  • French plays: PQ 1215
  • German plays: PT 1258
• Many monologues are found in PN 2080