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Example reference formats for different source types

Play examples

Format: in text citation  
Characters interact in two contrasting time periods but in the same space (Author, Year, Act.scene: line).

Format: Reference  
Author surname, initials. (Year) Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: in text citation  
Characters interact in two contrasting time periods but in the same space (Stoppard, 1993, 2.7).

Example: Reference  
Stoppard, T. (1993) Arcadia. London: Faber & Faber.

Note: You do not include the edition information if it is the first edition.  
The in-text example does not include a line number because it is referring to the whole scene. 
The date refers to the date of publication rather than the date the play was written.