American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 - Selected materials from the popular stage and allied arts housed at the Library of Congress. Includes photographs and memorabilia of Houdini, English playscripts, Yiddish playscripts, a selection of playbills and program books, motion pictures, and sound recordings.
Arthur Lloyd - Biographical information on Arthur Lloyd, major 19th century UK music hall performer and song writer, with details on related Halls and Theatres.
Broadway: The Golden Age - Dedicated to Rick McKay's film about the rise of Broadway theatre as told by performers, writers and composers.
Early Twentieth-Century Russian Drama - An overview of the directors, designers, artists and playwrights in Russia who shaped modern drama during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Includes hundreds of images, multimedia, and commentary.
George M. Cohan - The life of George M. Cohan and his most significant plays are reviewed, along with a complete stageography, filmography and on-going discography.
HAT- History of Australian Theatre - Contains articles on Australian theatre history and a 3000 entry historical database of people associated with it.
Modern Theatre in Context: A Chronology of Modern Drama - A chronology of modern British, Irish, American and Canadian drama, including images, contextual history and events, biographies, and other supplementary information.
PeoplePlay UK - 1500 digitised images from the Theatre Museum's collections as well as structured learning packs offering guided tours through the collection and timeline histories.
Playbills from Edinburgh's Theatre Royal - A database of 240 playbills, which were used to advertise performances and events at the start of the 19th century, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland.
Stage Beauty - Galleries of female stars from the golden age of English Theatre. Listing of the London theatres, and scripts of popular plays from that era.
Theatre Ephemera - Rodney Higginbotham's collection of images primarily from the nineteenth century theatre in the United States, including people, productions and theatres.
Theatre Talks and Walking Tours - Theatre historian Cezar Del Valle offers a series of informative slide talks and walking tours.
TheatreHistory.com - Collections of articles and links on the origins of theatre and theatre history in various countries, cultures, and time periods.
This Month in Theatre History - Milestones of theatre history presented day by day, month by month. A fun resource for theatre educators, students, and scholars.
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