Knowledge: history
See Also:
Links
- Theatre Ephemera
http://www.neiu.edu/~rghiggin/ephem/Ephemera.html - Rodney Higginbotham's collection of images primarily from the nineteenth century theatre in the United States, including people, productions and theatres.
- This Month in Theatre History
http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/thechron.htm - Milestones of theatre history presented day by day, month by month. A fun resource for theatre educators, students, and scholars.
- Black Broadway: A Twentieth Century Black Musical Review
http://www.theatredance.com/mainstage.html - A virtual playhouse designed to celebrate the history and future of African-American musical theatre and dance.
- TheatreHistory.com
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ - Collections of articles and links on the origins of theatre and theatre history in various countries, cultures, and time periods.
- American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html - Selected materials from the popular stage and allied arts housed at the Library of Congress. Includes photographs and memorabilia of Houdini, English playscripts, Yiddish playscripts, a selection of playbills and program books, motion pictures, and sound recordings.
- Broadway: The Golden Age
http://www.broadwaythemovie.com/ - Dedicated to Rick McKay's film about the rise of Broadway theatre as told by performers, writers and composers.
- Early Twentieth-Century Russian Drama
http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Drama/ - An overview of the directors, designers, artists and playwrights in Russia who shaped modern drama during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Includes hundreds of images, multimedia, and commentary.
- Arthur Lloyd
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ - Biographical information on Arthur Lloyd, major 19th century UK music hall performer and song writer, with details on related Halls and Theatres.
- PeoplePlay UK
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/ - 1500 digitised images from the Theatre Museum's collections as well as structured learning packs offering guided tours through the collection and timeline histories.
- Playbills from Edinburgh's Theatre Royal
http://sites.scran.ac.uk/playbills/ - A database of 240 playbills, which were used to advertise performances and events at the start of the 19th century, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland.
- Golden Age of Theatre (1880-1920), The
http://www.collectorspost.com/GoldenAge.htm - Illustrated biographies of major British actors during the early years of the nineteenth century, including Gertie Miller, Gabrielle Ray and Seymour Hicks.
- Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium Stage of Stars Museum
http://www.stageofstars.com/ - Shreveport's Historic Municipal Memorial Auditorium. Home of the Louisiana Hayride and the Stage of Stars Museum.
- History of St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus
http://www.lambertville-music-circus.org/ - Provides information, photos, stories, and facts about the establishment.
- HAT- History of Australian Theatre
http://www.hat-archive.com/ - Contains articles on Australian theatre history and a 3000 entry historical database of people associated with it.
- Modern Theatre in Context: A Chronology of Modern Drama
http://www.moderndrama.com/crc/chrono/ - A chronology of modern British, Irish, American and Canadian drama, including images, contextual history and events, biographies, and other supplementary information.
- Stage Beauty
http://www.dgillan.screaming.net/stage/th-home.html - Galleries of female stars from the golden age of English Theatre. Listing of the London theatres, and scripts of popular plays from that era.
- Theatre Talks and Walking Tours
http://kempsjig.tripod.com/theatretalks/ - Theatre historian Cezar Del Valle offers a series of informative slide talks and walking tours.
- George M. Cohan
http://www.members.tripod.com/davecol8/ - The life of George M. Cohan and his most significant plays are reviewed, along with a complete stageography, filmography and on-going discography.
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