Drama and Dance

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The library catalog, Worldcat, and BLC catalogs use Library of Congress subject headings.

It is best to consult a reference librarian for help with LC subject headings.

Examples of Library of Congress subject headings for Drama include:

Drama
Scope Note: Here are entered works on drama as a literary form. Works on drama as acted on the stage are entered under Theater. Works on facilities used to stage drama are entered under Theaters.

Search also subdivision Drama under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual persons, families, and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and topical headings; and headings for drama qualified by linguistic, national or regional terms, e.g. Latin drama; American drama; European drama

See Also: Acting
Narrower Term: Experimental drama
Narrower Term: Children's plays
Narrower Term: Comedy
See Also: Dialogue
Narrower Term: Domestic drama
Narrower Term: Farce
Narrower Term: Farces
Narrower Term: Historical drama
Narrower Term: Jewish drama
Narrower Term: Masques
Narrower Term: Melodrama
Narrower Term: Monologue
Narrower Term: Mysteries and miracle-plays
Narrower Term: One-act plays
Narrower Term: Opera
Narrower Term: Political plays
Narrower Term: Promptbooks
Narrower Term: Soliloquy
Narrower Term: Stage adaptations
Narrower Term: Tragedy
Narrower Term: Tragicomedy
Narrower Term: Verse drama
Narrower Term: Experimental drama
Narrower Term: Puppet plays
Narrower Term: Biographical drama
Narrower Term: Drames à clef
Narrower Term: Dialect drama
Narrower Term: Fantasy drama
Narrower Term: Feminist drama

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