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What's New? Nineteenth Century Collections Online!
Nineteenth Century Collections Online opens up access to primary sources from rare collections at libraries and other institutions around the globe, including books and monographs, newspapers and periodicals, diaries and personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, maps, and more!
The four collections are Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange; British Politics and Society; British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture; and European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection.
- British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular CultureBritish Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture features a wide range of primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era, from playbills and scripts to operas and complete scores. These rare documents, many of them never before available, were sourced from the British Library and other renowned institutions, and curated by experts in British arts history. Covering more than a century, British Theatre, Music, and Literature is without equal as a resource for 19th century scholars. These rare documents, many of them never before available, were sourced from the British Library and other renowned institutions, and curated by experts in British arts history.
Welcome to the Theatre Studies Guide
This guide is designed to help you access relevant Library resources for your studies in Theatre Studies. Use the tabs (above) to navigate your way around the guide, or use the Quick Links (to the left).
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What's New? Theatre in Video!
Theatre in Video contains more than 300 of the world’s most important plays, in definitive performances by leading actors and directors, along with 200+ documentaries—more than 500 hours in all. From the most important productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett, the collection covers a wide range of twentieth-century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances, illustrate the development of the texts and the productions.
- Theatre in VideoSearch via VAST: Video Academic Online, then limit by Theatre Studies. An online video collection of the world's leading plays and documentaries, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.
What's New? eTV!
- eTV FREE access to recorded TV programmes, live streams and on demand videos!
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Includes: Inside the Actors Studio (The Arts Channel), Shakespeare Animated Tales (The Arts Channel), In Search of Shakespeare (The Documentary Channel), and more!
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- Search VisualizerHelps you find relevant information by showing where your chosen keywords occur within a document. This helps you find relevant records in an online search, or find information within a chosen document, e.g. Shakespeare's Plays.
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