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14. With Alexander Street’s Semantic Indexing  Author Birth date Death date Birth Place Death Place Nationality Occupation Awards (38 fields) Theater District Location Capacity Style Etc… (18 fields) Company Name Productions Performers Etc… (14 fields) Production Director Theater Cast Performances Lighting Costumes Etc… (47 fields) Characters Plays Age Race Author Performer Etc… (30 fields) Scenes Location Date Setting Subject Etc… (41 fields) Resources Play Color or B&W Type Director Theater Production co. Etc… (45 fields) Texts Keyword Author Date Written Publish date Production (67 fields) “In 20 th century plays by New England writers, performed in New York, find scenes on the subject of the Viet Nam War.”