How do I officially refer to a play in a university essay?

Question

I'm aware of bibliographys and filmographys and how to reference the articles/films within them, but am not so sure about plays. Does anyone know? Please, British people answering only. It may be different in other countries.

Answer 1

if you were refering to the play itself, you would refer to it as if it was a book, author, title, date of publication, publisher and page number of the copy you have read from.

you may also refer to a performance of the play you have seen, but it would only make sense to do so if there was something special or different about that performance, other than that refer to the written text as if it was a book

Answer 2

Reference it as if it was any other written work. It is the same as referencing a book, a periodical, a codex, encyclopedia, a journal, a magazine, a theorum, or anything else.

Answer 3

there will be Guidance from your Library or tutor on this, most university libraries have student guides. Here is the one from Bournemouth which deals with video, films etc so its the same idea.
Hope this helps

Answer 4

first check which referencing system is used in your university - many use Harvard - then check in that how you reference a play