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Drama & Film Finding Aid:
HOW TO FIND
DRAMA & FILM
using Dewey Decimal classification numbers
ACTING
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Acting
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792.3
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Film technique – acting, directing, editing, sound, etc.
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792.96
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Career guides in the performing arts
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650.14, 700.2373, 790.023
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Monologues
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808.8241-8245 808.042, 812.041, 822.041
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Scenebooks
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792.3, 808.82, 808.8251, 812.008, 822.008
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Voice Training
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808.5
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DIRECTING
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Film technique – acting, directing, editing, sound, etc.
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792.96
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Theatre production – directing , stage-management, etc.
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792.4
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DESIGN
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Animation, cartoons, caricatures
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741.5, 769
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Cinematography
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778.53
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Lighting design
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792.41
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Scene Design
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792.5
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Decorative arts, interior decoration, furniture
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745, 747-749
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Costume design
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792.42
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Costume history
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391
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Military costumes and attire
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355-359
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Costume construction, textile arts
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646.4-646.7, 746
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Make-up
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792.31
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Posters, illustrations for the theatre
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778.5307, 792.92
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Masks, Maskmaking
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391.434, 731.75
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Architecture of theaters and motion picture houses
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725.822
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Amusement parks
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791.06
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BROADCASTING – RADIO, TELEVISION, CABLE, VIDEO
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Radio
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791.44
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Television
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791.45-.457
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Individual TV programs
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791.4572
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Documentary media & broadcast journalism
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070.19
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Economic, legal & business aspects of television, radio, theatre
and film
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338 – 343, 384
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Technological aspects of radio, cable, & television, including
video repair
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621.38, 681.13
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FILM
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Film (all aspects)
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792.9
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Film genres – westerns, comedy, documentaries, sci-fi, horror, etc.
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792.93
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The film industry – business aspects
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792.95
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Film technique – acting, directing, editing, sound, etc.
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792.96
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Screenplays
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792.98
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About the making of individual films (often includes screenplays)
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792.981
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
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American plays by playwright
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812
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British plays by playwright
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822
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Shakespeare (see separate guide)
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822.33
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German plays
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832
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Scandinavian plays
(Ibsen, Strindberg)
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839,
839, 822 Ibsen
839.72 Strindberg
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French plays
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842
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Italian plays
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852
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Spanish plays
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862
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Ancient Roman & Greek drama
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872, 882
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Russian plays
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891.72
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Arab & Hebrew drama
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892.4-892.7
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Asian theatre
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895
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Collections of plays
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808.82
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Collections of American plays
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812.008
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| Collections of British plays |
822.008 |
MUSICAL THEATER
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Librettos (scripts) & works about Musical Theater
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782
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PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING
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How to write a play or screenplay
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808.066, 808.22-.23
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THEATER HISTORY/Theory/Criticism
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World Theater history
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792, 792.1
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American Theater history
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792.11
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British Theater history
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792.12
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German Theater history
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792.13
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French Theater history
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792.14
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Italian Theater history (including commedia del arte)
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792.15
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Theater history (other specific countries)
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General critical works on drama
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809, 812.5
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Prose by performing artists, playwrights, theater critics
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814, 817, 818
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OTHER PERFORMANCE FORMS
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Circus, clowns, sideshows
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791.3, 791.33
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Puppetry
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791.5, 791.53
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Vaudeville, Burlesque
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792.8
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Magic & illusion, ventriloquism
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793.8, 793.89
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Comedy, stand-up comedy
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808.7, 817
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REFERENCE/BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Film Bibliographies
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016.79
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Drama Bibliographies
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016.8
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BIOGRAPHIES
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Collected biographies
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927.9
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Biographies of performing artists
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B
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