"The drama series offers a wide range of significant and hitherto unavailable sources to the scholar who intends to study the popular stage in depth." -- Dr. David Mayer Department of Drama University of Manchester

Theater news from New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and other venues is covered in this collection of periodicals. Some titles focus on a broader scale of performing arts, including vaudeville, magic, opera and folklore.

The titles included are:

• The Thespian Mirror, 1805-1806
• The Dramatic Mirror, 1829
• The Prompter's Whistle, 1850
• Stage, 1866
• Playbill, 1876-1877
• Le Chat Noir, 1889
• The Vaudeville, 1898-1906
• The Cann-Leighton Official Theatrical Guide, 1896-1971
• Stage, 1904-1905
• The St. Louis Dramatic News, 1906-1909
• The Drama, 1911-1930
• Gus Hill's National Theatrical Directory, 1914-1915
• The Theatrical Budget, 1823-1828
• Figarao, 1850
• The Prompter, 1866-1867
• The New York Clipper Annual, 1874-1901
• Oriole Tidings, 1803-1806
• Dramatic Mirror Quarterly, Mahatma, 1895
• The Looker-On, 1895-1897
• The Burr McIntosh Monthly
• Philadelphia Theatrical Guide, 1903-1904
• Conjurer's Monthly Magazine, 1906-1908
• The New York Star, 1908-1909
• The Theatrical Weekly Record, 1911-1913