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Connected Courseware - University Cybercourses by Patrick M. Finelli, University of South Florida, Tampa:
Theatre History
Performance Theory
Sound for the Stage
Caribbean Theatre
Introduction to Theatre

Institute of Historical Dance - Its aims are the research of historical dances.

Introduction to Theatre -  Online course.  Northern Virginia Community College

Jack Wolcott's Theatre History HomePage - Online resources for Theatre History 

 

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Ancient Theatre

 

Ancient/Classical History at Miningco.com - Links to resources dealing with all aspects of ancient world and cultures

Ancient Theatre at Malaspina Great Books - A selection of authors.

Ancient theatres at Georama - A presentation of the ancient Greek theatres.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review - Timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies.

Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage - This project offers links to various images of the ancient stage

Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today - An English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today.

DIOTIMA: Women and Gender in the Ancient World - An interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean.

ELAC Guide to Greek Theatre - A short history of Greek Theatre.

The History of Costume - Ancient Theatre - Plates from The History of Costume

The Classical Origins of Western Culture - The Core Studies 1 Study Guide.

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - The goal is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations.

The Internet Classics Archive - 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites.

MASC: Modern Actors Staging Classics - MASC is dedicated to the performance of Greek and Roman theatre on the modern stage.

Theatron - Directors: Prof. Richard Beacham, Rikki Holland, Jim Webster, Fabian Zimmermann. Projects: Theatre at Athens, Theatre at Messene, Roman Wall Paintings & Temporary Stages, Roman Permanent Theatres ; The Hellerau Festspielhaus ; Peruzzi & Serlio; Tudor Hall at Whitehall Palace ; Online Virtual Reality 

 

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Medieval Theatre

 

Hanly's Medieval Drama Home Page - List of resources

Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Organized as three main index pages

NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
list of resources provided by the Catholic University of America, Washington DC

Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies - An academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars.

Perform - Medieval and Renaissance Performance Listserv Discussion Group 

 

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15th-18th Centuries

 

The Baroque Ring - List of sites - All sites in the Baroque Ring deal with baroque music, art, history, or literature

Center for Research in Early Theatre - Records of Early English Drama (REED)
REED is an international scholarly project that is establishing the broad context from which the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew
. The site also offers Five 16th Century Latin Plays in English Translation.

Commedia - A site about the Italian Commedia dell'Arte

The Development of Scenic Spectacle - devoted to the study of spectacle on the Renaissance and Baroque stage.

Elizabethan Costuming Page - A rich collection of resources on Elizabethan costume

Historical Dance - The Journal of the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society

Jesuitentheater in Deutschland - by Christof Wolf. In German

York Doomsday Project - Fifteenth-century York Mystery Plays.

Musica antica e Danza storica in Italia / Early Music and Historical Dance in Italy - Site of the Italian Association for Early Music and Historical Dances

Perform - Medieval and Renaissance Performance Listserv Discussion Group

Renaissance Dance - Archives of Rendance, a mailing list for discussion of Renaissance dance.

The World of London Theater--1660-1800 - A collaborative project produced by the students at the University of Florida 

 

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19th-20th Centuries

 

Actors of the Early American Theater - From a book entitled "Players of the Day",

The American Stage of To-Day - Text by William Winter - E.F. Collier & Sons, Publishers, 1910. Hypertext adaptation by ELAC Theatre

American Variety Stage Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 - A multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings.

Biomechanics - Meyerhold's Visionary Theater. This link features a virtual reality walk-through of the theater designed by Meyerhold.

City of London Theatre - The Royal City of London Theatre (1837-1868).

The 19th Century London Stage - This document resulted from the convergence of research interests in the 19th century British theatre.

The Circus, Theatre & Music Hall Families Page - by Paul Newman: Resources for research into Theatre, Circus, Romany, Gypsy, Showman & other itinerant families, primarily in Great Britain. 

Snagged Links: On Modern Drama - Stetson University: browsing the web for useful internet resources on Modern and Contemporary World Drama (tists).

Theatre History Researches - Department of Theatre, University of Minnesota Duluth
The Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett Tour performance in 1887, at The Grand Opera House - Duluth

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