LibGuides: Drama & Theatre: Web Resources

Web Resources

Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library
The Billy Rose Theatre Division of The New York Public Library is one of the largest and most comprehensive archives devoted to the theatrical arts
CoPA: Commercial Pattern Archive
This is the online finding tool (sometimes also contains pattern image and schematics) for the Pattern Archive at the University of Rhode Island. Does not include the full pattern, (those are available to examine by appointment) but can be used to date patterns or base patterns on image and schematic.
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Cuban Theater Digital Archive
The Digital Archive includes materials digitized and filmed in Cuba and outside the island as well as resources and information related to Cuban theater, with a special focus on theater produced by Cuban communities in the United States.
The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939
Over 13,000 images of stage and costume designs, photographs, posters and scripts from the Federal Theatre Project, a part of FDR's Works Progress Administration.
THE PRIMARY STAGES OFF-BROADWAY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
100 interviews with persons involved in Off- and Off-Off-Broadway Theater--more being added every week.

Non-Binary Monologues
Collection of monologues for non-binary actors. See Production Guidelines for use.

Internet Shakespeare Editions

Makes available open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources with the highest standards of scholarship, design, and usability. Can give individual donations to access database functionalities.
MIT Global Shakespeares

The MIT Global Shakespeares Video & Performance Archive is a collaborative project providing online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world as well as essays and metadata by scholars and educators in the field.
Shakespeare's Quartos Online

The Shakespeare Quartos Archive is a digital collection of pre-1642 editions of William Shakespeare's plays.
Treasures in Full: Shakespeare in Quarto

107 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto before the 1642 theatre closures digitized by the British Library.
Performing Arts Posters at the Library of Congress

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British Library Survey of English Dialects
The Survey of English Dialects (SED) was a groundbreaking nationwide survey of the vernacular speech of England, undertaken by researchers based at the University of Leeds under the direction of Harold Orton
IDEA International Dialects of English Archive
IDEA’s recordings are principally in English, are of native speakers, and include both English-language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages.

CoPA: Commercial Pattern Archive
This is the online finding tool (sometimes also contains pattern image and schematics) for the Pattern Archive at the University of Rhode Island. Does not include the full pattern, (those are available to examine by appointment) but can be used to date patterns or base patterns on image and schematic.
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username: alkeklibrary
password: fashion
Costume Society of America
The Costume Society of America advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance.
Europeana Fashion Portal
Europeana Fashion - launched with a new look in May 2017 - brings together the digitised collections of more than 30 European public and private institutions.
Fashion Institute of Technology Museum
The Museum at FIT, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is one of a select group of specialized fashion museums, including the Muse de la Mode, the Mode Museum, and the Museo de la Moda.
Historical Costume Collection
The Historic Costume Collection is a database of books illustrating historic costume in the collections of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Fashion Institute
Victoria & Albert Museum Fashion Collections
Key items in the collection include rare 17th century gowns, 18th century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture.

Out of the Wings: A Contextualised resource of Spanish-language plays for English-speaking practictioners and researchers.
Out of the Wings, a three-year AHRC collaboration between King's College London, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Oxford which aims to make the riches of the theatres of Spain and Spanish America accessible to English-speaking researchers and theatre professionals.