How do I cite plays in MLA style?

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Plays

(See MLA Handbook, 9th edition page 317 for more information on the citations. Specific information about the in-text citations are on p. 246.)

Plays can be published in many formats and mediums; the most common are as a stand-alone-book, as part of an anthology, or on a website.

Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Penguin Books, 1976.
Gilbert, W.S. The Pirates of Penzance, composed by Arthur Sullivan. The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, gsarchive.net/pirates/definitive_pirates.pdf. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024.
Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/2542/2542-h/2542-h.htm. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024.
Hurston, Zora Neale. "Forty Yards." Library of Congress, tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/mss/mhurston/mhurston-0104/mhurston-0104.pdf. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024.

To cite plays in-text use the author's name, give the page number first, followed by other identifying information (such as act or scene numbers. Separate the page number from the other information with a semi-colon.

(Miller 9; act 1).
(Gilbert 17; act 2).

To cite a play that doesn't use page numbers, but uses acts cite the acts.

(Ibsen act 2).

To cite short plays with one act, cite the page numbers if available.

(Hurston 2)

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