Until March 2nd VAA community has temporary access to the theatre and drama database Drama Online, created by independent publisher Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with partners from Great Britain, Canada, and the USA. Main contributors: theatres (American Shakespeare Centre; Donmar Warehouse; L.A. Theatre Works; Shakespeare's Globe; The National Theatre); publishers (Aurora Metro Books; Nick Hern Books; Playwrights Canada Press); museum (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Audiovisual database Drama Online has access to playtexts and audio recordings; theatre plays video and audio recordings, pictures; academic books. Currently, the database has access to 5500 items (title list to download).
Interesting collections:
BBC Drama Films and Documentaries
Stage on Screen (Greenwich Theatre)
Theatre Making and Performance Training Video Collection
You might also be interested in:
Contemporary Scenography: Practices and Aesthetics in German Theatre, Arts and Design
Costumes for the Stage: a Complete Handbook for Every Kind of Play
Introduction to the Art of Stage Management: A Practical Guide to Working in the Theatre and Beyond
Performing Architectures: Projects, Practices, Pedagogies
The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography
The Model as Performance: Staging Space in Theatre and Architecture
Access methods:
1. Free access from VAA computers: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com
2. From a personal computer use EZproxy.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us by e-mail at vaida.jankauskaite@vda.lt.
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