THEATRE: Browse in the Library

Theatre books are on the third floor of Armacost Library.

Since the library uses the Library of Congress classification system, most theatre books have call numbers beginning with PN.

Use this map of the library to find your way to the theatre section.

The Library of Congress classification system reserves the call number range from PN1600 to PN3307 for scholarly books on theatre history and criticism, technical theatre, and theatre design.

There is no special section for play scripts; they are grouped in with prose fiction, poetry and other creative literature and organized according to the geographical origin of the language the play was written in. Here's a partial list:

PA: Classical Greek and Latin

PK: South Asian

PL: East Asian and African

PQ: French and Spanish

PR: English - Britain and former colonies

PS: English - American

PT: German