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Arts and Humanities Data Service
RSC London, November 2004
Alastair Dunning
Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive
King’s College London
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How is the AHDS Organised?
• Established in 1996• AHDS Executive (King’s College, London)
• AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (Uni. Of Oxford)
• AHDS History (Uni. Of Essex)
• AHDS Archaeology (Uni. Of York)
• AHDS Performing Arts (Uni. of Glasgow)
• AHDS Visual Arts (Surrey Inst. of Art and Design)
• Funded by the JISC and the AHRB
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What does the AHDS do? • Advises on the creation of digital data• Collects, preserves and distributes
high-quality digital resources for research and teaching
• These resources are free for educational and private use
• Generally available online
• Today’s presentation focuses on AHDS Performing Arts, AHDS Visual Arts
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Designing Shakespeare• 40 years of Shakespearian performance
at London and Stratford
• http://performingarts.ahds.ac.uk/designing-shakespeare
• Cast lists and play details, photographs of performance, video and audio interviews with directors and designers, virtual reality recreations of sets
• Nearly 1100 performances catalogued
• Search and browse capabilities
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Designing Shakespeare
• Three ready-made tutorials– Politics and Performance of Place - looking at
a two productions that use visual metaphor
– Character and Representation - looking at transgendered casting in four Shakespearean productions
– Audience, Actor and Space - looking at responses to the performance space at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
• Tutorials at http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/designshake/design/
Richard II – Differences in Space
Barton / Napier, RSC, 1974
Pimlott / Wilmington, RSC, 2000
Macbeth – Differences in Context
Davies / Dyer, RSC, 1983
Albery / Laing, RSC, 1996
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Other Performing Arts Collections
• Details of theatrical performances at
– Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database
– National Review of Live Art Reviews Database
– French Theatre resources in the 17th and 18th centuries
• Other collections of note:
– Five Centuries of Scottish Music
– Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
– Bach Bibliography Database
• http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk
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AHDS Visual Arts
• 20,000 images available in fine art, design, fashion
• http://vads.ahds.ac.uk
• Simple registration required – very basic and completely free
• Images can be used for FE and HE educational and private needs
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Other AHDS Visual Arts Collections
• Victorian Music
• Design Council Slide Collection
• Imperial War Museum
• London College of Fashion: College Archive
• National Fine Art Collection
• Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers
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