LSBU Harvard Referencing: Play (recent edition)

Referencing other play formats

Play (print)

Live plays

Translated play

Programme (for a play)

In-text citations

• Citing the tite of a book, play or production in the text
• Citing Verse Play Texts
• Citing Prose Play Texts

If it is a more recent edition of a play (as most Shakespeare plays are, for example), you need to include the bibliographical details for that edition.

You will need:

• Name of the author(s)
• Year of edition
• Title of the book
• Name of the editor/s
• Place of publication
• Publisher

Format:

Author’s Surname, Initials. (Year of edition) Title of the play. Edited by Editor’s Surname, Initials. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Shakespeare, W. (1984) Othello. Edited by Sanders, N. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press.

In-text citation: (Shakespeare, 1984)

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