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Theatre and Performance: electronic resources
Contact the Subject Librarian for Theatre and Performance: Elizabeth Williams
Recommended electronic resources : (to see all the databases we subscribe to, look at the library's A-Z list of e-resources)
- Literature Online (LION) :Includes around 35000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose. 228 full text literature journals, and other key criticism, and reference resources.
- MLA (Modern Languages Assoc.) International Bibliography
- Theatre in Video
- Credo reference
- Twentieth-century Drama (LION)
- Shakespeare audio plays
- African Writers Series (LION)
- JSTOR : for journal articles
- Project MUSE : for journal articles
- Black Drama : Alexander Street Press full-text database
- Asian American Drama : Alexander Street Press full-text database
- North American Women's Drama : Alexander Street Press full-text database
- Latino Literature : Alexander Street Press full-text database- poetry, drama, fiction
- American Filmscripts Online : Alexander Street Press full-text database
Electronic journals
- Asian theatre journal (2001-): www.swetswise.com Dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms.
- Contemporary theatre review (2003-): www.ingentaselect.co.uk
- International journal of cultural policy (2002-): www.ingentaselect.co.uk
- New theatre quarterly (1999, 2003-): www.journals.cup.org Provides a vital international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.
- PAJ: a journal of performance and art (2002-): www.mitpressjournals.org Charts directions of new work in performance, video, installation, dance, photography, media, film and music.
- Research in drama education (2000-): http://www.informaworld.com
- TDR/ The drama review (2000-): www.mitpressjournals.org
- Theatre research international (2001-): www.journals.cup.org publishes articles on theatre practices in their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
For more electronic journals search the library catalogue for journal titles in "Journals search", and use JSTOR and Project MUSE for searching for journal articles.
Some internet resources :
Electronic books from the library catalogue
you will come across ebooks as you search the library catalogue. You could search for 'ebook drama' or 'ebook theatre' to get an idea of the sort of ebooks you can access, or use the dropdown menu under 'other categories' and search our collection of ebooks.