This bibliography, compiled by Paul Smith, originally appeared in Traditional Drama Studies, 4 (1996): 43-58.

Some items have been added since the original publication.

Essien, Arit
"A Study of Efik Folk Drama: Two Plays by E.A.Edyang (Nigeria)"
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985
Goldbergbelle, Jonathan Robert
"The Performance Poetics of Tolubommalata: A South Indian Shadow Puppet Tradition (Telugu, India)"
Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984
Hernandez, Leonor C
"Filipino Folk Drama and Theatre."
M.S. Speech, University of Wisconsin, 1955
Omodele, Oluremi
"Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective"
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
Peacock, James Lowe
"Javanese Folk Drama and Social Change."
Ph.D. Anthropology, Harvard University, 1965
Young, Elizabeth Florence
"Topeng in Bali: Change and Continuity in a Traditional Drama Genre."
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1980