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Dictionary of the Theatre by Patrice Pavis; Christine Shantz (Translator); Marvin Carlson (Preface by)
Call Number: PN2035 .P313 1998
ISBN: 0802081630
Publication Date: 1999-02-05
The Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology by Eugenio Barba; Nicola Savarese; Richard Fowler (Translator)
Call Number: PN2041.A57 A5313 1991
ISBN: 0415053080
Publication Date: 1991-07-24
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre by Martin Banham (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0521434378
Publication Date: 1995-09-21
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre by Gerald Martin Bordman; Thomas S. Hischak
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0195169867
Publication Date: 2004-05-06
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Stanley Green
Call Number: ML102.M88 G7
ISBN: 0306801132
Publication Date: 1980-03-22

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