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Plot Summaries



If you are unfamiliar with a playwright or play, a good place to start is with a resource that gives you plot synopsis.

Contemporary Plays

Title Call Number
Play Index UW restricted
Dramatists Play Service catalogue Ask for at the Circulation Desk
Samuel French, Inc., catalogue Ask for at the Circulation Desk



Classical-Modern Plays (pre-1960's)

Title Call Number
The Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare
PR2892 C3 drref
Masterplots II: Drama Series
PN 6112.5 M37 1990 v1-4 drref
A Digest of 500 Plays: Plot Outlines and Production Notes PN 6112.5 S42 drref
The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times PN 6112.5 S45 1984 drref


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