Published theatre texts and literature
By selecting "Plays" in the menu of materials in REX it is possible to search exclusively for all plays (printed as well as manuscripts) in the collections of The Royal Library (The National Library).
Moreover, in REX Classic it is possible to search the shelfmark codes and/or the classification codes in order to pin point all printed Danish and foreign theatre texts and general theatre literature in the main collections of The Royal Library (The National Library and the Copenhagen University Library).
Examples:
If you are searching for Danish literature about "Dramaturgy, including theatre journals" published until 1959 then choose in the REX online catalgoue under National Library (Danish Collections) the category "Shelfmark" in the left search field and write the successive shelfmark codes from "17 -47" to "17 -53" in the right search field.
If you are searching for foreign opera-libretti in Danish translations published until 1959 then choose in the REX online catalogue under National Library (Danish Collections) an "Advanced search" and continue from there with a so-called "Command search" by writing the two search codes for "shelfmark" and "word in title" in the search field in this way: wop=56 og wti=opera
The entire collections of theatre literature and their respective shelfmark codes and classification codes are divided into four main sections:
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Pligtafleveringsafdelingen (tidligere Danske Afdeling) 1-2. Samling (1482-1959)
Theatre:
17 -47-53 (Dramaturgy, including theatre journals)
17 -54c (Radio plays)
34:3 -453 (Theatre in general)
34.3 -454 (Particular theatres)
34:3 -482 (Literature about Danish broadcasting)
55 -1-9 (Drama poetry, antologies of theatre plays in different languages, modern Greek and Latin plays in Danish translations)
55 -15-285 (Drama poetry, Danish and nordic plays and opera-libratti)
56 -1-409 (Drama poetry, foreign plays and opera-libretti in Danish translations or published in Denmark)
Opera og Operetta:
34:3 -475 (Opera in general)
Ballet and Dance:
17 -165 (Dance in general)
17 -167 (Various dances)
17 -171 (Programmes and scenarios for ballets and pantomimes)
34:3 -475 (Ballet and dance in general)
Circus:
34:3 -482 (Circus)
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Pligtafleveringsafdelingen (tidligere Danske Afdeling) 3. Samling 1960-
As classificantion codes are here used the Danish code-systems DK4 og DK5
77.01-77.09 (Theatre)
77.1-77.18 (Theatre technique)
77.2 (Puppet theatre etc.)
77.3-77.33 (Opera and Operetta)
77.4-77.45 (Ballet and other forms of scenic dances)
77.5.-77.58 (Other forms of performing arts)
79.1 (Artists and public entertainments)
79.11 (Particular venues for public entertainments)
79.12 (Variety)
79.13 (Circus)
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Udenlandske Afdelings Ældre Samling (1450-1949)
Theatre:
18 -415-421 (Esthetics, Theatre, Performing arts, Drama texts¨, The history of theatre and performing arts)
75 (Drama texts)
76 -135 (Esthetics, Theatre, Performing arts)
76 -139-149 (The history of theatre and performing arts)
77 (Drama texts)
130 -169 (Theatre. Architecture)
143:3 -35-153 (Greek nad classical theatre. The Ancient times)
143:4 -201 (Roman theatre)
179:3 -69-195 (Theatre theory, Theatre history; see also the separately printed volume of catalogue 179:3, published by The Royal Library in 1987 and shelved at Centre for Music and Theatre under the shelfmark: YA 26 MEKH Kong)
191 -167 (Theatre history, Sweden and Finland)
Opera and Operetta:
9 -253 (Music for drama, opera and operetta)
18 -213 (Opera libretti)
75:4 -3 (Opera libretti)
77 (Opera libretti)
128:2 -361 (Musicology, opera and operetta)
176:1 -3 (Monographs about opera and operetta)
Ballet:
9 -253 (Music for drama, ballet)
18 -213 (Scenarios for ballet- and pantomimes)
75:4 -3 (Scenarios for ballet- and pantomimes)
128:2 -365 (Musicology, ballet)
176:1 -3 (Monographs about ballet og pantomime)
179:3 -83 (Theatre theory, ballet)
Dance:
9 -574 (Non-scenic dance)
54 -188 (Non-scenic dance)
131 -395 (Non-scenic dance)
Circus:
76 -154b (Artists, circus artists etc.)
131 -390cb (Circus riding, sports, games etc.)
179:3 -225 (Circus artists)
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Copenhagen University Library
The SK2 classfication codes for Theatre, Opera, Ballet, Entertainment, Circus etc. are:
YA 01 Periodicals and yearbooks
YA 03 Bibliographic guides and metabibliographies
YA 04 Retrospective bibliographies
YA 05 Current bibliographies
YA 07 Monolingual dictionaries. Terminology. Thesauri. Concordances.
YA 08 Multilingual dictionaries
YA 10 Subject encyclopedias. Alphabetical and systematic reference works
YA 11 Biographical reference works
YA 14 Other types of reference works
YA 15 General and introductory works on the subject field
YA 17 Theories about the subject field and its philosophy
YA 19 Special aspects of the subject field
YA 20 The history and biography of the subject field
YA 21 Collective biography of researchers and graduates
YA 22 Individual biography of researchers and graduates
YA 23 Directories
YA 24 The institutions and organizations of the subject field
YA 26 Museums, collections and exhibitions
YA 27 Archives. Achive registries
YA 28 Miscellaneous works by several authors from the field
YA 29 Collected and selected works of individual authors
YAC Methods and aids
YAF Theory and analysis of theatre
YAG Performance and individual actors
YAH Dramaturgy. Direction and stage production
YAN Theatre architecture, stages, scenography
YAQ Theatre in relation to society and culture
YAR History of theatre
YAT Specific forms of theatre (radio, puppet, silhouet plays etc.)
YAY Other topics
YAZ Theatre in specific countries
YF Opera
YFF History of opera. Production and instruction. Individual singers
YFL Opera in specific countries
YG Ballet, dance theatre
YGF History of ballet. Production and instruction. Individual dancers
YGM Ballet in specific countries
YH Non-Western theatre and dance
YHI Oriental theatre and dance
YHX Other non-Western theatre and dance
YL Entertainment: music-hall, conjuring tricks, variety etc.
YLK Circus, clowns etc.
The Dewey classification code for Theatre and the Performing Arts and Entertainment is: 790
