Where do I go to find volumes of theatrical literary criticism

Factual Questions
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I am looking for volumes of literary criticism that deal with plays. I remember when I was in school and I wanted to do this sort of reaserch with literature there was the CLC, is there an equivalent for the theater? Can I find any of this online? Would the CLC have this kind of material?

Basically I am looking at directing the play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler starting in a few weeks and want to read what other people have thought about the play and see how it compares to my interpritation, as well as possibly gaining some incites into the work that I may have not noticed, but I am not really sure where to begin looking.

I don’t really want performance reviews (I know where to find those), but rather literary style analysis of the work.

Thanks

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In the Library of Congress cataloguing system, you would look up the author’s name as the subject (not as the author), and look for the subheading “Criticism and interpretation.”

For example:

Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931 --Criticism and interpretation

Gets you:

  • Wisely, Andrew C. Arthur Schnitzler and twentieth-century criticism. (2004).
  • Weinberger, G. J. Arthur Schnitzler’s late plays: a critical study. (1997).
  • Keiser, Brenda. Deadly dishonor: the duel and the honor code in the works of Arthur Schnitzler. (1990).

and several other books.