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Biography In Context is built on a foundation of more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study, including over 4,500 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. It offers reference content alongside, videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers.
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Search the Library Catalog (i.e. One Search) for books that contain biographical information about dramatists. *Note: The Library of Congress uses the term dramatist instead of playwright, so that term is more useful in our Library Catalog. Here is a link to a search I did in the catalog to get you started.
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