Theatre

Sometimes you might want to go the shelves in the libraries and just browse through all the theatre books there, to get a sense of what kinds of books a library has in this area.

You can use the following Library of Congress numbers to find the areas of the libraries where those books are shelved.

Most (but not all) theatre books have call numbers which start with PN 1560 - PN 1590   

PN 1560-1590 The performing arts. Show business

PN 1600-3307 Drama

Literature - Drama

PQ 1-3999 French Literature    
      PQ 500-591 About French drama
      PQ 1211-1241 French drama collections (i.e. plays)

PQ 4001-5999 Italian literature    
      PQ 4134 - 4160 About Italian drama

PR 1-9680 English literature

PR 621-739 About English drama
PR 1241-1273 English drama collections
PR 2081-3112 Shakespeare

PS 330-352 About American drama
PS 623-635 American drama collections

PT 605-709 About Germanic drama
PT 1251-1299 German drama collections
PT 1891-2239 Goethe

Manners and Customs

GT 1-7070 Manners and customs (General)
GT 165-476 Houses. Dwellings.
GT 500-2370 Costume. Dress. Fashion.
GT 3400-5090 Customs: Public and social life (town/court life, festivals, holidays, royalty, etc.)
GT 5320-6390 Customs: Special classes (e.g. by birth, rank, occupation)

Dancing

GV 1575 -1981 Dancing

Music

M Music (Musical scores, printed parts, etc.)
ML Music literature (Books about music history, biographies of musicians, instruments, styles, genres of music, etc.)
MT Music Theory and Instruction
     MT 955 Musical Theatre, opera

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