A list of the standard abbreviations can be found here.

How to cite a play in text mla format. If you cite more than one Shakespeare play in your paper MLA recommends starting each in-text citation with an abbreviated version of the play title in italics. To include a play found online your reference list you will replace the publisher information with the name and date of the Web page on which you found the play. Citing a Play.

When citing prose plays use the page number first followed by a semicolon and then other identifying information eg. You only need to include the authors last name and the page number of the text. If you are quoting more than one line from Romeo Juliet indicate the line breaks with a slash leaving a space on each side.

Playwright last name First name. When citing verse plays with line numbers provided use those instead of page numbers separating division numbers with a period see example above. For verse plays the MLA Handbook says.

The in-text citation should appear before the end punctuation of the sentence. Title of Play in Italics. List the title of the play.

To cite sources in the Modern Language Association format youll need to include a brief in-text citation whenever you quote another work. Place the quote within the text of the paragraph when using less than three lines from the play. Dont make up your own abbreviations.

By Alex Marino directed by Jeannine Overstreet performance. For most sources you provide the author and the page number in your MLA in-text citation. If your professor or instructor requests your references be created following the guidelines in the 7th edition of the Modern Language Associations Handbook heres more How MLA In-Text.