Use the last name, comma and the first name. If the author uses a middle initial, put it after the first name. Follow the entry with a period (full stop)., Follow the title with a period. Treat a citation of a published play like a regular book in this case.
 Format the edition as “2nd ed.” substituting the correct number. Place a period after the edition.


Example: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. 2nd ed.”

, Use the phrase "ed." before the first and last name of the editor. Follow the entry with a period. If there was no editor, you can skip this step.Example: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. 2nd ed. ed. Christopher Bigsby.”

, Follow it with a colon. This should directly follow the name of the editor, or if there is no editor, then it will directly follow the edition, or title.


Example with edition and editor: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. 2nd ed. ed. Christopher Bigsby. New York:”
Example with no edition and no editor: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York:”

, Place a comma after the publisher name. Make sure to properly capitalize the name of the publisher.Example: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York: Penguin,”

, Place a period at the end. You can find all of this information on the copyright page of the book itself.


Example: “Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York: Penguin, 1998”

, Chicago style calls for the use of footnotes, which requires you to put a number in the text beside the information you’re citing, and the corresponding footnote to that number at the bottom of the page.Footnotes should be formatted as: Author’s last name, Title (City of publication: Publisher, year of publication), page number.
Example footnote: Miller, Death of a Salesman (New York: Penguin, 1998), 65.
If you cite the same source twice consecutively, the second footnote would say “Ibid., .” “Ibid” is Latin for “In the same place,” and denotes you are citing the same source again.
Begin the entry with the author's name.
Write the title of the play in italics.
Include the edition name next.
Add the editor.
Write the city where the work was published.
Write the name of the publisher.
Finish the entry with the 4-digit year of publication.
Use footnotes.
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