|
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THEATRE HISTORY OF CANADA: THE BEGINNINGS THROUGH 1984 / BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTORIE DU THEÂTRE AU CANADA: DES DÉBUTS--FIN 1984
Edited by John Ball and Richard Plant
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Volume 22 Number 4
A revision and continuation of a previous edition and its supplement, which included entries through 1976, this addition to the Canadian Studies Research Tools Programme of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada provides a wealth of previously difficult-to-identify information. The data also now reside in a database at the University of Toronto where scholars can have access. The exclusion of opera and ballet under the rubric of "theatre" was deliberate as was the exclusion of newspapers as sources. The researchers consulted only books and periodicals, from the well known to the obscure. However, the locations of these sources are not noted, the researcher having to use the major libraries here in Canada and abroad. The preface suggests relevant starting locations. Numbers serve to illustrate the extent of this bibliography: 10,807 entries are broken down as 632 General entries, 426 History to 1900 entries, 3889 20th century entries, 597 Little Theatre entries, 833 Festivals entries 2518 Biography and Criticism entries, etc. Other topic headings include Native Peoples of Canada. Lighting, Drama in Education, Puppetry, Young People's Theatre, Radio & TV Drama, and Architecture. The 60,000 references in the 55-page index are listed by subject, association, theatre and personal name. The type face and bolding aid is discerning entry types, with main text arrangement being chronological, geograp ical, linguistic and thematic. A real bonus is coverage of both francophone and anglophone theatre. A useful and relatively accessible reference with enough "popular source" entries to limit frustration as to location. Recommended for purchase by larger public libraries and central and reference libraries, including school boards. Ted Monkhouse is a teacher-librarian at the P.G. Reid Resource Centre in Geulph, Ontario
The materials in this archive are copyright © The Manitoba Library Association. Reproduction for personal use is permitted only if this copyright notice is maintained. Any other reproduction is prohibited without permission Copyright information for reviewers
|
