(Author’s last name Year published, act number, scene number)
The character Nora eats macaroons (Ibsen 1995, act 1, scene 1)
Hamlet was very angry at his uncle for the acts committed in act one, scene 2 (Shakespeare, c. 1600)
(Author’s last name Year published, act number, scene number)
References to plays and poetry are more precise if given in terms of acts, scenes, lines, verses, and so on
“What, you egg! [He stabs him]” (Shakespeare, 1606, act 4, scene 2)
Author’s last name, Author’s Initial Year published, Title, Publisher, Publishing Location.
Or for a specific performance:
Author’s last name, Author’s initials Year of publication, Title, Performance location, Theatre company name, Performance type, viewed Day Month Year.
Ibsen, H 1995, A doll's house, trans. K McLeish, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Note: ‘trans.’ Denotes a translator
Shakespeare, W c. 1600, Hamlet, Stratford-upon-Avon, Royal Shakespeare Company, Play, viewed 15 September 2008.
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