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Theater and Performance Studies

Last Updated: 3-Oct-2012

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Databases in Theater and Performance Studies

Theatre in Video
Contains performances of the world's leading plays and film documentaries on the subject of theater in streaming video. Stage work of directors and actors are cross-searchable and available for side-by-side comparison. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances, provide illustration of the development of texts and the productions.
International bibliography of theatre & dance
Use this database to find articles from key theater journals, many with full text.

More Theater and Performance Studies Databases

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  1. English drama [electronic resource].

    A combination of English verse drama and English prose drama full-text databases. Contains 4,000 plays by 1,200 authors from the late 13t...

  2. Twentieth century drama [electronic resource].

    When complete, Twentieth-Century drama will contain 2,500 plays from throughout the English-speaking world, covering the history of moder...

  3. American drama, 1714-1915 [electronic resource].

    When complete, the database will contain more than 2,000 plays by American dramatists that chronicle the history and culture of America t...

Special Collections Archives in Theater, Drama, and Performance.

Special collections are held off campus and must be paged in advance of use.  For further information please visit the Special Collections web site.

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  1. Theater collection, 1844-1965

    Special Collections » Manuscript Collection » M0154 ...

  2. Theater collection, 1849-1964

    Special Collections » Manuscript Collection » M0124

  3. Theater newsletters, circa 1946-1982

    Special Collections » Manuscript Collection » M1151

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  1. Stanford University, Department of Drama, honors theses, 1991-2009

    Special Collections » University ArchivesUniversity Archives: Request at Special Collections Desk » 4596 ACCN 2011-152 BOX 14596

  2. Stanford University, Dept. of Drama, production photographs, 1896-1969

    Special Collections » University Archives » PC0007 ...

  3. Robert Leslie Andreini speech and drama notebooks, 1948

    Special Collections » University ArchivesUniversity Archives: Request at Special Collections Desk » SC0689 BOX 1SC0689

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  1. Hugh Fowell Great Performances Collection

    ARS » Locked Stacks: Ask at loan desk » ARS0100

  2. Marton family collection of United States and international performance programs, circa 1950-2010

    Special Collections » Manuscript Collection » M1801 ...

  3. Reading and music performance in memory of Leo Tolstoy : program, 7 Nov. 1910

    Special Collections » Manuscript Collection » MISC 1104