Library Guides: ENGL 44500: Brechtian Representations (CompLit 40800/CMS 36200): Biographies

Books in the Library

Use the Keyword Search and enter the subject's name and the word "biography", e.g., bertolt brecht biography. Change the pull-down menu to read "Subject."

Related Resources

World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS)

Comprehensive biographical database providing short biographical information on 3.6 million persons with a historical coverage. Digital facsimile articles from more than 2,300 reference works are also included for 1.3 persons.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.

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If the person is dead, you may also want to check for obituaries in newspapers.

Key Resources

The first three only cover people who have died.

American National Biography
Licensed for one user at a time.

Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men & women from all eras and walks of life whose lives have shaped the nation. The database includes only deceased individuals.
Dictionary of Irish Biography

Covers "Earliest Times" to 2002. Subjects include Irish people and people who have had influence on Ireland
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Biographical dictionary of people of distinction in the British Isles and its colonies who died before December 31, 2005. Provides signed articles, each with a bibliography of resource materials, written by specialists.
Dictionary of Literary Biography

Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Contemporary Authors

Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Theater-Specific

Stage Lives: A Bibliography and Index to Theatrical Biographies in English
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Bryan, George B.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Stage Deaths: A Biographical Guide to International Theatrical Obituaries, 1850 to 1990
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Bryan, George B.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Variety Obits: An Index to Obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
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Perry, Jeb H.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980.
Variety Obituaries
-- 1988-1993/94

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New York: Garland Pub.
Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies Master Index
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La Beau, Dennis
Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.
Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary
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Ed by Alice M. Robinson, Vera Mowry Roberts, and Milly S. Barranger. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
American and British Theatrical Biography: A Directory
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Wearing, J. P.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
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Highfill, Philip H., et al.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, c1973-1993.
Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance
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Allain, Paul.
London; New York: Routledge, 2006.
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
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Chambers, Colin.
London; New York: Continuum, 2002.
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television
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Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1984-
Variety's Who's Who in Show Business
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Kaplan, Mike.
New York: R.R. Bowker, 1989.

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