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Playbills
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ACTS: Atlantic Canada Theatre Site 
 This "is an academically-refereed Internet site which publishes a wide range of primary research materials of interest to Canadian theatre scholars, and to social, cultural, and political historians of the Atlantic region." It includes a chronology, bibliography of Canadian theater reviews from 1900 through 1992, bibliography of theater history in Canada through 1984, images of playbills from the 19th century, and selected Canadian theater texts. Articles are only available to subscribers. http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Theatre/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, History By Place, Performing Arts Last updated May 19, 2005 American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
This site "illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920." Includes a biographical chronology of escape artist and magician Harry Houdini, theater playbills and programs, sound and video clips, and Yiddish and English-language playscripts. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and author. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Judaism, Performing Arts Last updated Nov 12, 2007 Leopold Stokowski: Making Music Matter
Biographical and career information, audio files of interviews and music, photos, letters, playbills, concert programs, manuscripts of conducting scores, and artistic renderings of the classical music conductor. From the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/stokowski/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians, Performing Arts, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 12, 2003 The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939
A browsable collection of images of items derived from the Federal Theater Project, established by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Includes production notebooks, costume designs, playbills, posters, musical scores, and photographs from productions of Macbeth , The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus , and Power ; playscripts of other productions; and related Administrative Records . From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. lii.org Record of the Month, October 2001. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Performing Arts, Presidents by Name, United States History Last updated Jun 25, 2002 Playbill
U.S. and London theater listings, feature articles on the industry, a who's who of casts and crews of many current Broadway and off-Broadway shows, job listings, links, seating charts, awards database, and more. http://www.playbill.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Performing Arts Last updated Jun 13, 2008 Playbills of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh
A digitized "selection of over 240 playbills [from 1800 to 1850], which were used to advertise performances and events, using originals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland." Although the site has a search engine, browsing is more fun, bringing up a list of playbills with the main performance, other performances, date, and location. Also includes a brief history of the Theatre Royal. http://www.nls.uk/playbills/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, History By Place, Performing Arts Last updated Nov 28, 2004 |
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