MDS 812.0
Wording: Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American drama in English Not set
Dewmoji: đđđ?
0 Computer science, information & general works 252,013 âšī¸ | 1 Philosophy & psychology 270,129 🧠 | 2 Religion 681,242 đ | 3 Society, government, & culture 1,328,382 đĢ | 4 Language 209,883 đŦ | 5 Natural sciences & mathematics 431,918 đŦ | 6 Applied science & technology 940,635 đĄ | 7 Arts & recreation 1,031,850 đ¨ | 8 Literature & rhetoric 1,436,736 đ | 9 History & geography 837,760 đēī¸ |
80 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 100,940 đ | 81 American literature in English 587,090 đ | 82 English & Old English literatures 356,026 🏴 | 83 German & related literatures 121,338 đŠđĒ | 84 French Literature 84,536 đĢđˇ | 85 Italian, Romanian & related literatures 38,450 đŽđš | 86 Spanish Literature 60,869 đĒđ¸ | 87 Latin & Italic literatures 8,254 đ | 88 Classical & modern Greek literatures 14,545 đŦđˇ | 89 Asian Literature 64,605 đ¨ |
810 American literature in English 13,434 đēđ¸ | 811 American poetry 63,344 🖋 | 812 American drama in English 12,716 đ | 813 American fiction in English 471,089 đŗ | 814 American essays in English 4,310 đ | 815 American speeches in English 415 đŖ | 816 American letters in English 523 âī¸ | 817 Humor: Jokes & Riddles 4,192 đ | 818 American miscellaneous writings in English 14,377 đ | 819 American literatures in English not requiring local emphasis 2,687 🗺️ |
812.0 605 | 812.1 Colonial 1607â1776 13 | 812.2 Post-revolutionary 1776â1830 31 | 812.3 Middle 19th century 1830â1861 28 | 812.4 Later 19th century 1861â1900 51 | 812.5 20th Century 8,594 | 812.6 21st Century 1,822 | 812.7 5 | 812.8 26 | 812.9 33 |
812.00 191 | 812.01 | 812.02 Broadcast media 22 đī¸ | 812.03 Movies 20 đŦ | 812.04 One-act plays, monologues 251 | 812.05 Other dramatic, by type 41 | 812.06 | 812.07 | 812.08 [Anthologies of American drama now 812.008] 68 | 812.09 [History of American drama now 812.009] 12 |
Selected Works under MDS 812.0 (605)
- The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights by Nina Shengold
- Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays by Eric Lane
- With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero by Annie Thoms
- Telling Tales and Other New One-Act Plays by Eric Lane
- Three Plays about Crime and Criminals by George Freedley
- 100 Monologues: An Audition Sourcebook from New Dramatists (Mentor) by Laura Harrington
- Contemporary American Monologues for Women by Todd London
- Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century by Jo Bonney
- Writers in Hollywood, 1915-1951 by Ian Hamilton
- Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children by Coleman A. Jennings
- Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays by Eric Lane
- The Skit Book: 101 Skits from Kids by Margaret Read MacDonald
- One Act Plays for Acting Students: An Anthology of Short One-Act Plays for One, Two or Three Actors by Norman A. Bert
- Center Stage: One-Act Plays for Teenage Readers and Actors by Donald R. Gallo
- Black Theatre, USA: Plays by African Americans: The Recent Period, 1935-Today by Ted Shine
- The Firesign Theatre's Big Book of Plays by Firesign Theatre (Performing group)
- Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema by Richard Corliss
- Plays Children Love: Volume II: A Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children by Coleman A. Jennings
- Black Theatre USA Revised and Expanded Edition, Vol. 1 : Plays by African Americans, The Early Period 1847 to 1938 by Ted Shine
- 25 Ten-Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville by Jim Beaver
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