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Checklist created by Paul Ulrich of the Berlin Central Library.
Liste d'�ditions critiques et d'�tudes portant sur le th��tre religieux en langue fran�aise des XIVe, XVe et XVIe si�cles. Par Graham A. Runnalls.
Chronological listing of theatre, opera, ballet and other performances. (Under development)
Superb development incorporating texts, bio, bibliography, images, related links. Edited by Edouardo Urbina. Available in English and Spanish
Arts Archives is a catalogue of some 60 videos and CD-ROMS of international performance practitioners at work, teaching and explaining their practice.
Quick checklist of post-1956 plays and playwrights
(Census Nederlands Toneel) Online searchable listing and bibliography of over 8,000 plays prior to 1803. Massive project by Ceneton at the University of Leiden. Includes translations. The homepage also available in English. Superb
Dir. Jesse Hurlbut. Highly authoritative portal with links to excellent documentation, including mss.
In English and German. Fully searchable bibliography from the Goethe Institut, London
Great resource from the Goethe Institut in Lyon. In French and German. Includes full bibliography and biogs
Devoted to the works of Peter Handke
Les textes sont group�s d'abord selon les genres traditionnels, qui co�ncident en gros avec les si�cles: (I) les Jeux Religieux des XIIe et XIIIe si�cles; (II) les Miracles et autres drames religieux du XIVe si�cle; (III) les Myst�res des XVe et XVIe si�cles. Par Graham A. Runnalls.
On trouvera ici, � l'Universit� de Toronto, toute une gamme d'information sur quelques deux mille pi�ces de th��tre, pr�sent�es, dans leur grande majorit�, pour la premi�re fois entre 1800 et 1850. Le corpus des pi�ces trait�es est celui qui est d�pos� au Centre d'�tudes du dix-neuvi�me si�cle fran�ais Joseph Sabl�.
Bibliographies and some online links
Classical Greek resources. A model of what can be achieved with co-operation by a group of dedicated scholars. Based at Tufts University
The database contains performing arts web sites from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania etc. (Excellent resource, and much-needed. -ed.)
Standard reference work with good search facility
Currently (July 20) advertising one month of FREE trial access. Login at www.worldshakesbib.com as user "shakelib", password "trialbiblio". For me (ed.) it worked with Netscape but not with IE5 -- maybe due to a limitation in Microsoft's javascript implementation.
New York Public Library. One of the largest and most comprehensive archives devoted to the theatrical arts. The holdings illuminate virtually every type of performance, from street corner to stage to studio, and include drama and musical theatre, film, television, radio, and popular entertainment (circus, magic, vaudeville, puppetry).
Traces the rapid developments taking place which combine performance activity with new digital technologies. Includes an extensive online searchable database of virtual theatre performance and related events 1990-2000, with selected video documentation and statements by creators. Based in the UK at Nottingham Trent University, developed jointly by NT and the University of Salford. An exciting project.
University of South Florida, Tampa. Currently lists main resources available, but extensive plans for further development
The Court Theatre (Slottsteater) is a unique example of an 18th century theatre still in full working order, complete with its original stage machinery. Site available in English and Swedish
Mason University, Virginia. Holdings include administrative records, audiotapes, billboard sheets, music, negatives, photographs, playbills, radioscripts, and videotape lectures. The web site includes some photos and posters
The Hungarian theater archive, library and museum.
University of Manchester, UK. Useful general bibliographical search engine by keyword or decimal classification
The Max Reinhardt Archives, State University of New York at Binghamton is happy to assist scholars interested in the varied aspects of Reinhardt's monumental career. Their holdings are strongest for his earlier and more experimental Berlin productions, and to a lesser extent his Salzburg Festival productions as well.
The Collection has long been known to academics and theatre historians and professionals all over the world, many of whom have used the research facilities and to whom the Collection has supplied rare or little-known pictures to illustrate theses, Ph.D. submissions, theatre books and programmes. The collection receives many requests for information and verification and has long been known for its integrity and accuracy.
Little available online, as yet. Click on "computer catalogue"
Archival collections relating to various individuals (and some organizations) active in Canadian theatre, as well as some material relating to international theatre. These collections include manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, theatre programs, stage designs, and prompt books. The library also has a small number of collections relating to Canadian dance, music, and film
Pointers to the collections, databases and other resources in the Yale University Library
Dedicated to encouraging and advancing research that focuses on issues of gender and/or women's role in the arts of early modern culture, circa 1660-1800
Discussion list devoted to theatre history run by the American Society for Theatre Research. Subscribe by sending the message subscribe ASTR-L firstname lastname to [email protected].
Documentation et information sur le paysage th��tral fran�ais : th��tres, compagnies, festivals, organismes de formation, m�tiers, partenaires institutionnels du th��tre, �dition sp�cialis�e... Conseil aux jeunes d�sirant suivre une formation initiale pour les m�tiers artistiques, techniques ou administratifs du spectacle. Conseil aux professionnels pour les probl�mes touchant aux activit�s du spectacle : budg�taires, juridiques, fiscaux, droits d'auteurs... Mise en place d'actions ponctuelles visant � la promotion du th��tre
The IBS was founded in 1970 on the model of Bertolt Brecht's own unrealized plans for a "Diderot Society". A non-profit, educational organization with a world-wide membership, the Society promotes the performance and understanding of Brecht's texts and addresses issues of politics and culture in contemporary life
IFTR/FIRT exists to promote collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research
Has a useful newsletter. Members also receive RORD (Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama)
Electronic journal devoted to the study of the works of Oscar Wilde
Especially valuable is the Ricardian online bookshelf (see above), and the articles in the sction 'Richard III Onstage and Off'
No, it's not a group of Oxford scholars, but a group committed to exploring the possibility that the plays of Shakespeare were written by the Earl of Oxford
International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts
International society for research into the history of German-language. Some theatre interests
An international network of women in contemporary theatre
New York
Page about project to celebrate 100th anniversary of Brecht's birth in a wide variety of ways.
handkedrama.scriptmania.com is an offshoot trom the mainsite handke.scriptmania.com; it will provide all necessary resources once completely assembled
Theatre areas are intentionally considered wordwide with a clear concept of the collected links..
A new and wonderful resource for Drama Workers and those involved in Community Theatre Arts covering drama,dance and movement, in fact, All Theatre Arts!
Library of Congress: Vaudeville and popular entertainments, 1870-1920. Houdini, playbills, sound recordings, English and Yiddish playscripts. Among the materials available online, page images of 257 English playscripts, most of them unpublished, and 146 playbills. A resource of rare value
Ruth Nestvold's carefully crafted tribute to the 'shady and amorous' playwright whose remains are now enshrined in Westminster Abbey
of interest to those studying Greek tragedy
Linda Fenton Malloy has created a new production tool for the Department of Theatre at the University of B.C. The As You Like It website contains a wealth of information about the history of the play. Visually stunning.
A compendium of Asian and Asian-American links maintained by the University of San Fransisco
Laban - Decroux project : Notation of corporal Mime directed by PA-PhD. Jorge Gayon with mime-expert Greta Maes.
This site offers abstracts and full-text papers pertaining to any aspect of theater or performance theory, focusing on papers delivered at the annual conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Detailed bibliographies, full-text online plays, discussions, scholarship. Excellent resource.
Outlines the work of The Derry Repertory Theatre, Derry, N.Ireland. This group have strived to create a theatre for all the people in Derry.
online catalogues, several digital projects under development
Your Orlando city guide to find Orlando Theater, Museums. Classical Music and the Arts.
We are a producor company for child theatre in Turkey. Our theatre group establish at 1984 and We were formed in April of 1984.
Part of Frank Mohler's impressive theatre site at Appalachian State U
Theatre from Portugal, Brasil, Angola, Mo�ambique, S�o Tom�, Cabo Verde e Guin�-Bissau
An electronic information altar dedicated to Chicano and U.S. Latino theater.
Catalog "Theatres of the world".
Resource list plus the beginnings of a collection of authentic early texts
Web about the representation of the Compa��a Nacional de Danza 2 directed by Nacho Duato in Fuerteventura
Canada's National Memorial to the Fathers of Confederation, Home of The Charlottetown Festival, Anne of Green Gables-The Musical plays to sold out crowds each summer
Original texts reflecting the attitudes of the early church fathers and various Councils to the theatre and actors. Full hypertext edition in French, edited by Mark Bannister. A fine resource.
229-page Web-text on the art/craft of playwriting. Gets 400,000 hits/year.
On-goning dance performance series in New York city
Discusses the historical centrality and contemporary resurgence of performance - "restored behavior" - in the creation and perpetuation of law and legal values
Jack Lynch's great resource. See especially the links to 'literature' and 'electronic texts'
Includes full-text online plays, newsletters, discussions, audio archives etc
Simple introduction
Essay on the differences between two dramatic genres
First black woman to be featured in her own show on Broadway, first black performer to top the bill at the Palace. Good supporting material on vaudeville, etc.
An animated interactive exploration and reconstruction of Inigo Jones' great court masque
Linda Fenton Malloy has created a new production tool for the Department of Theatre at the University of B.C. The Frankenstein contains a wealth of information about the UBC production. Visually stunning.
Web with shows, news, pics, and links about the Auditorium of Fuerteventura, Canarias
In Spanish and German
By Eberhard Scheiffele. Solid article on psychodrama and Moreno's view of Goethe as a forerunner. First published in the Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry, 49(2),
Personal essay by Serge Ouaknine of UQAM
Detailed article on Polish director Jerzy Grotowski
A new book on developing a youth theatre troupe for educators and human services workers. Workhops avaialble.
Web about the representation of Hoy no puedo ir a trabajar porque estoy enamorado, directed by Natalia Men�ndez, in Fuerteventura
Book-length meditation on Descartes, Hamlet and Stanislavski. Follow the book (publications) icon from the title frame
By Megan Katovich
Digital, multi-camera 'live' video recordings of important stage productions available on VHS and eventually DVD. Great performances and plays available to audiences around the world.
The International Chekhov's Fund (ICF) is in process of its foundation under recommendations of the Council of world culture history (Russian Academy of Sciences), and Chekhov's commission (Russian Academy of Sciences).
Historical introduction, fine illustrations (including 19thC page reproductions), music transcriptions and sound recordings
The shadow puppets of Kerala, India
Barry Russell's extensive hypertext site built around litle-known 17th and 18th century playscripts, many not available elsewhere, created by acrobats and puppeteers, from which developed much later popular entertainment. Includes bibiliographies, chronologies, biographical notes, theatre plans, original documentation (often from primary archival sources). First published 1995, and still expanding. [In French.]
This is the first theatre related site that I have found that consists of good up to date reviews and information pertaining to many of the latest performances in London.
Brief notes on indigenous Malaysian theatre forms from the Asian Theatre Centre in Penang
Devoted to the work of the great French mime, Marcel Marceau
The entire theatre corpus (in French), with biog notes and bibliographies coming soon
Texts from Cicero, Seneca, Plutarch, North, Montaigne, Elyot, Spenser, James I, Hall
Official web site for the show.
Short biography of the German theatrical director and producer. In German, with photo
Centre for Performing Arts, which is popularly known as Lalit Kala Kendra, recently performed the Marathi version of Moli�re's Tartuffe : Awat�r. The Marathi text and directed by Praveen Bhole
Brief article leading to fuller resources on the Austrian father of Psychodrama
Modern spelling versions of the medieval cycle of passion plays, with all appendices, from the REED project in Toronto
Just a note to let you know that your site has been linked to the New England Entertainment Digest, New England (& New York's) premiere entertainment monthly.
by Michael Eberle-Sinatra. Part of the site devoted to British Women Playwrights around 1800 (see above)
Online Review London is an internet review magazine for the performing arts in London. It mainly covers theatre, ballet and other forms of dance, and it will soon be extended to cover performance art, opera and concerts.
(Access controlled by password subject to registration.) Virtual Resource Center on the Performing Arts, 16th-18th century. Images, Glossary, Biographies, Bibliography, Chronology, Links, Original introduction to selected texts. (In French)
We are the only site that sell out of print Broadway posters from 1960's to 1980's on the internet
Variety of historical documents about the director
Interesting experiment: day-to-day logs being kept by working actors and directors in production
Part of the tercentenary celebrations. In French
Scripts, teaching advice based on solid experience. Maintained by Alan Beck at the University of Ke2nt in Canterbury, UK
Online auction of theatre ephemera, mostly American
Solid, authoritative scholarly resource based in Toronto
Online version of this distinguished and well-established journal. The site also offers a range of services for 18thC theatre scholars
of interest to those studying American drama and culture
Robert Wilson is an internationally recognized pioneer and innovator in modern theater. The website contains valuable information on current and past performances, as well as a complete bibliography.
photos
These pages give basic information regarding the holdings of the Royal National Theatre Archive and how to contact the Archive. There is also on-line information regarding past productions at the National.
Excellent survey and details of Shepard's career. Bibliographies, interviews, etc.
This is the homepage of Research Group for the Old Hungarian Dramas, which studies Hungarian 16-18th century schooldramas.
CFPs of theatre and drama conferences, Studies about drama and theatre history, research groups
The major repository for documentary material relating to the performing arts in Scotland.
the page is about the play, 'Seeta-Swayamwara', which is supposed to be the first recorded performance in the history of Marathi Theatre.
This is about classical sanskrit theatre and folk plays and training in sanskrit theatre
a valuable curriculum resource for teachers and students of theatre and drama
teatro en extremadura salas compa��as festivales de merida badajoz c�ceres
Essays on Latin American theatre and on Performance Studies (Body and Politics)
An inter-disciplinary research project working towards the establishment of the international history of ancient drama in performance
This site contains information and research help on the APG. Included is a hypertext essay, a huge list of links related to the Apg and pointers for non-net research.
Fascinating animations, plus database of early stage machinery
By Jane Moody. A thoughtful look at the future of theatre scholarship
Rare glimps into fifty year theatrical touring history of the Marks Brothers at the turn of the century!
This online presentation includes over 3,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama of the period. The Federal Theatre Project was one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Perceptive and informed theatre and performance reviews across the UK. Fully searchable and all available free.
A wealth of information about and color photos of classical plays and The Shakespeare Theatre's innovative productions.
290 Web Links to Technical Production Companies (sorted by category e.g. lighting, sound, security etc)
A collection of resources and teaching ideas for all those working with 11-18 year olds in Drama and theatre.
Produced by students at the University of Florida
The World of Mime Theatre is the longest standing, most comprehensive general information site on the Internet for the field of Mime Theatre. Includes information on mime in 25 countries on 6 continents.
It's a work on the war in the years 1697 to 1716 between the Com�die-Fran�aise and the Theatre of the foire
Interview with Pierre-Yves Millot. In French
TheatreHistory.com
(Recommended by Walt.)
LOTS of articles on theatre history!
This Month in Theatre History
(Recommended by Richard Finkelstein.)
This is a unique resource online. It is especially useful as a means of encouraging discussion on our theatre arts heritage. The site can also allow users to plan ahead for major theatre celebrations and anniversaries.
Tiyatro Keyfi
(Recommended by kemal Basar.)
Actual news, companies, performances of Turkish theatre, articles, photo gallery, downloadable scripts of famous Turkish playwrights
TOYS Theater - to see. to feel. to savor.
(Recommended by Marina Fanshteyn.)
16-years old Internationally Renown Deaf Professional Theater won hearts of any audience regardless of age, language, culture and beliefs
Traditional Turkish Shadow Theatre KARAGOZ
(Recommended by Emin Senyer.)
karagoz hacivat shadow theatre
Translations of French Romantic Playrights: Dumas pere
(Recommended by Frank Morlock.)
This site contains translations of plays by Alexandre Dumas pere, not otherwise available in English
Karagoz (shadow puppets), story-telling, improvisation, puppetry and conjuring. The site is still under construction, but looks like it'll become a useful resource when it's matured
USA Plays for Kids
(Recommended by Sandy Asher.)
Links to children's playwrights' Web pages and other useful resources, including the AATE Directory of Award-winning Plays.
uta hagen's acting class -- the video
(Recommended by karen ludwig.)
this is the first time a major acting teacher is recorded on video teaching master acting classes!!! uta hagen is brilliant; also interviews with jack lemmon, christine lahti and whoopi goldberg; all former students; a must for any theater
Views and reViews
(Recommended by Mark Wellman.)
A new journal of commentary by working theatre and film professionals
Voyages in Drama with Ibsen
(Recommended by Francis Pitt.)
Brian Johnston shares his insight into Ibsen's dramatic artistry, exploring it's immense range, complexity, beauty, and imaginative daring, with the goal of establishing an adequate interpretation of this great dramatist.
Solid documentation of the York cycle produced in Toronto in 1998, with links to the full texts, many photos, etc
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