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Theater

Library and internet resources for studying theater

Indexes to Theater Web Sites

Meta Sites/Guides to Theater Sites - These sites list, and often evaluate, web sites relevant to research in Theater. See Databases A-Z for a full list of available databases.

  • London Stage Database - A rich array of information available on the theatrical culture of London, from the opening of the public playhouses following the English civil wars in 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century.
  • McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies - An exhaustive source of online information in the theatre arts, including workshops, festivals, electronic text sources, e-journals, listservs, and more.
  • Playbill Online - Collection of articles, facts, and theatre news from the magazine.
  • The Costume Page: Costuming Resources Online - A comprehensive index of costume and costuming-related links, for the benefit of those who study and/or make costumes: costumers, students, historical re-enactors, science fiction fans, professionals, amateurs, dancers, theatrical costumers, trick-or-treaters, writers, researchers, and all those interested in fashion, textile art, and costume history.
  •  We Wear Culture: the Stories Behind What We Wear - Hosted by Google Arts and Culture, "More than 180 museums, fashion institutions, schools, archives and other organizations from the fashion hubs of New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, São Paulo and elsewhere came together to put three millennia of fashion at your fingertips. You can browse 30,000 fashion pieces: try searching for hats and sort them by color or shoes by time."