Theater Arts: Searching/Locating Scripts

Check the following call number ranges:

• PR6000-6049: British playwrights who started writing between 1900 and 1960
• PR6050-6076: British playwrights who started writing between 1961 and 2000
• PR6100-6126: British playwrights who started writing between 2001 and the present
• PS3500-3549: American playwrights who started writing between 1900 and 1960
• PS3550-3576: American playwrights who started writing between 1961 and the present

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MMC uses the Library of Congress catalog system. The Library of Congress combines letters and numbers to create a code. The code for Litterature starts with the letter “P”. Then comes a letter for language group; for example, Greek plays are “PA”. Then comes numbers that usually indicate a time period; Contemporary American literature is “PS” 3600 and up. Then comes more letters B and numbers for specific authors in that time period, so playwrights are mixed in with poets and novelists. MMC has literally thousands of books on its literature shelves, so it’s best to check the catalog.      

If the play is in book form you can search by the following:

Title: Topdog/Underdog 

Author: Parks, Suzan-Lori