Contemporary Resources

Resources

• Theatre2K: A theatrical timeline from 2000 to now. A chatty annotated timeline of London's West End and Broadway theatrical activity in the 21st Century.

• African-American Literature. Lots of links to theatre and drama, and well as to other aspects of African-American life. [Gone missing. 12/11/01, JW. Please advise if you find this.]

• American Theatre Web. Links to more than 1200 theatres listed, plus a great deal of information relating to theatre in North America.

• Backstage, "a performing arts gateway for the UK." "Backstage provides a single point of entry for finding and searching performing arts collections in the UK. It is aimed at the research community, plus anyone with an interest in the performing arts." An excellent resource.

• "Black theatre, Education technology, Job search." The site is up but under (re) construction as of 9/14/2010.

  Futurism, a resource for the manifestos and works of members of the Futurist movement.

  London HQ: "categorized resource directory for everything about London." Includes good theatre sections with links to contemporary and historical London materials.

• Music History of the 20th Century. Part of the "Music History On-Line" series.

• National Theatre Archive, U.K., "the repository for the administrative and technical records of the National Theatre. The collection covers the period from the inception of the company in 1963 to the present day. Material accessible to the public includes programmes, posters, photographs, videos, sound recordings of Platform events, press cuttings, prompt scripts, production drawings, costume, lighting, and sound information. The Archive also holds the records of the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Trust (1908) and the South Bank Theatre Board."

• PBS's Stage on Screen." "STAGE ON SCREEN is the new drama series from Thirteen/WNET New York, dedicated to innovative productions of great dramatic works, both classic and contemporary, that celebrate the excellence, excitement, and diversity of theater in America today. Through a diverse array of plays -- recorded live, staged for television, and restored from Thirteen's rich archives -- STAGE ON SCREEN will provide access to the transformative power of theater." Good site, with excellent links.

• San Francisco Opera Performance Archieve. Listing of dates, titles and casts.


Publishers

• Samuel French Ltd. - London. Play and theatre book listings.
• Dramatists Play Service. Searchable index of plays, with information about royalties, permissions, etc.
• The Internet Theatre Bookshop

Articles

• "Speaking the Unspeakable: Annie Sprinkle's "Prostitute Performances". © 1996 Sheila Marie Thomas, Indiana University. An MA Thesis. [NB: 7/15/01: This material has apparently been removed. There's lots of good Annie Sprinkle material on the web, though. Use Google to find it.]

• Mrs. Leslie Carter, 1862 - 1937. A biographical study of the "American Sarah Bernhardt", the work of Craig D. Clinton, Reed College, Portland OR


Theatres

Australia
• New Theatre, 1932. Australia's longest running professional. Mostly a commercial site, but with an interesting history of the New Theatre.
Canada
• Time-line for the creation of the Stratford Ontario Shakespeare Festival.
Denmark
• Copenhagen Opera House
England
• Retirement address of George Hoare, General Manager for 25 years of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1982 (4:54 minutes,) and an interesting reminiscence about the Ghost of Drury Lane in 1992 (7:01 minutes,) after Mr. Hoare had been General Manager from 1958 to 1982 when he became the Theatre Historian and Archivist of the theatre. [I am indebted to Jeremy Hoare, George Hoare's son, for bringing these videos to my attention. JRW]

  There is an excellent and well documented Wikipedia article on the history of Drury Lane, including a section on the ghosts of this venerable theatre, believed by many to be "the most haunted theatre in the world."

Finland
• Finnish Theatre
Scotland
• EdinburghGuide: Gateway to Scotland's capital. Edited by Thelma Good. Up to date information on activity in Scotland's theatres. Good source of information on the Edinburgh Festival.
Slovakia
• The Theatre Institute
• Teatro Divadlo.sk Teatrozurnal
• Department of Theatre and Film of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
U.S.A.
• Production history of The Classical Theatre of Harlem. Be sure to visit the theatre's home page as well.

• New York
• Lincoln Center Theatre -- Links Performance information at Lincoln Center. For several dozen site links that reference Lincoln Center, use Northern Light search engine to find "Lincoln Center."

  Seattle

• The Seattle Repertory Theatre History of The Rep, current productions, etc.

  Dallas

• Alley Theatre OnLine (Houston, TX)

  Virginia

• Wolf Trap America's National Park for Performing Arts

  Washington, D.C.

• Arena Stage
• National Theatre
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Folger Library Theatre

Shakespeare Festivals and Performance Groups: Foreign and Domestic

• Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• Georgia Shakespeare Festival
• Illinois Shakespeare Festival
• Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York.
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland)
• Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville)
• Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival (Saskatoon, Canada)
• Stratford Shakespeare Festival, (Stratford, Ontario, Canada) See also the archives, history and time-line for the creation of the Festival.

Last revised 1/20/2012