It's up to you. I think you should :D
When citing a shorter work (essay, magazine or newspaper article, short poem, chapter of a book, one-act play, song, etc.) in your essay, place the title in quotation marks. It is only appropriate to italicize titles of longer works (books, movies, epic poetry, albums, magazines, newspapers, etc.). If, however, you are handwriting your essay, go ahead and underline these titles. That being said, a strict answer to your question is no. You should not underline the title of an essay when using it in your own essay. You should place it in quotation marks.
Charlie Brown
EVERYONE DIES. Oh... Spoiler alert. Everyone dies.
Guidelines for titles dictate that a work that is large and stand alone be either underlined or italicized. Since a play is a work which can stand on its own, it should be underlined or italicized.
This information is from the APA style writing guide found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab. It states that the title of plays should be italicized.Titles and Names to ItalicizeA novelA shipA playA filmA paintingA sculpture or statueA drawingA CDA TV SeriesA cartoon seriesAn encyclopediaA magazineA newspaperA pamphletTitles to Put Into Quotation MarksPoemShort storyA skitA commercialAn individual episode in a TV series (like "The Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld)A cartoon episode, like "Trouble With Dogs"A chapterAn articleA newspaper story
No, in MLA format you do not underline the title of a play. Instead, you should italicize the title to indicate that it is a work of art.
When writing an essay, you should italicize the title of the work being referenced (e.g., book, movie, journal) to differentiate it from the rest of the text. If italicizing is not an option (e.g., in a handwritten assignment), underlining the title is also acceptable. Avoid using quotation marks unless you are citing a shorter work within a larger work.
When naming characters from a play in an essay, you should italicize their names. This helps to distinguish them as specific elements of the play and conforms to standard formatting conventions for literary works.
When citing a shorter work (essay, magazine or newspaper article, short poem, chapter of a book, one-act play, song, etc.) in your essay, place the title in quotation marks. It is only appropriate to italicize titles of longer works (books, movies, epic poetry, albums, magazines, newspapers, etc.). If, however, you are handwriting your essay, go ahead and underline these titles. That being said, a strict answer to your question is no. You should not underline the title of an essay when using it in your own essay. You should place it in quotation marks.
Use a phrase from the play that has something to do with the topic of your essay. Like "Told by an Idiot", or "Titty, Tiffin, keep it Stiff In."
Charlie Brown
Either underline or italicize.
Quotation marks in essays are used for indicating that an outside source has been used in the essay. Quotation marks would only have to be used on thoughts if thethoughts were someone else's. If the thoughts came from a book, computer source, or some other source, then quotation marks should be used. However, the writer of the essay does not have to quote his or her own thoughts.
EVERYONE DIES. Oh... Spoiler alert. Everyone dies.
Both Willmore and Belivile compete for that title. Good luck in the essay
Guidelines for titles dictate that a work that is large and stand alone be either underlined or italicized. Since a play is a work which can stand on its own, it should be underlined or italicized.
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