Recommended Web Sites

Theater

ArtsLynx Theatre Resources http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/

Extensive collection of links to the arts including theater.

The Costume Site http://www.milieux.com/costume/costume1.html

Online costuming sources for historical, science fiction and fantasy costumers.

Didaskalia http://didaskalia.net/introduction.html

Resources about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today. Includes an academic journal, a series of study resources, listings and reviews of past and forthcoming events, and an interactive discussion area, the Agora.

Early 20th Century Russian Drama http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Drama/index.html

Website with information on and resources about 20^th century Russian drama (directors, designers, plays, resources). Run by Northwestern University’s Department of Slavic languages and literatures.

eOneill.com http://www.eoneill.com/texts/index.htm

Billed as “an electronic Eugene O’Neill archive.” Features the complete plays (full text), a production archive, and much more.

Internet Broadway Database http://www.ibdb.com/

Internet Broadway Database. Similar to IMDb, although this site contains Broadway information.

Playdatabase.com http://www.playdatabase.com/

Database of plays and monologues; searchable by title, author, cast size, length, synopsis, and more. Provides guidelines to potential directors, trivia for the curious theatergoer, and biographical information about playwrights.

Simply Scripts http://www.simplyscripts.com/movie.html

Searchable database of hundreds of free, downloadable movie and other scripts.

Scripts http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm

Alphabetical listing of various scripts.

Theatre History on the Web http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html

Website of theatre-related online resources; maintained by a retired theatre professor from the University of Washington School of Drama.

Theater (Journal) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theater/

Archive of past issues of the journal Theater
(1999 – 2004). Features plays, writings on theatre by dramatists, and special issues on selected topics (e.g., theater and social change, children's theater, Soviet theater, theater and photography, paratheater, theater and revolution, and theater and the apocalypse).

Theatre Ephemera http://www.neiu.edu/~rghiggin/ephem/Ephemera.html

Website devoted to theatre of the United States prior to 1900. Arranged in categories: “People,” “Theatres,” “Ephemera Box” (miscellaneous), “Research sources,” and “Links.”

TheatreHistory.com http://www.theatrehistory.com/

Links to origins of theatre, ancient and medieval theatre, theatre of various countries, and miscellaneous theatre-related articles. Also features a script archive.

World Wide Arts Resources - Theater http://www.wwar.com/categories/Theater/

Provides information on all performance genres from Shakespeare to street arts; includes listings of both schools of acting and performances.

WWW Virtual Library Theatre and Drama http://www.vl-theatre.com/

Provides links to multi-cultural and multi-lingual resources in more than 50 countries; for professionals, amateurs, academics; and students.