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Film and theatre history

American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment

1870-1920http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.htmlFrom vaudeville to Houdini, this online collection from the Library of Congressillustrates American popular entertainment between 1870-1920.

British Film Resource: 100 Years of British Filmhttp://www.britishfilm.org.uk/This website covers the history of the British film industry fromthe early pioneers to the present day.

CSAR (Calendrier lectronique des Spectaclessous lAncien Rgime et sous la Revolution)http://www.cesar.org.uk/CSAR is a fully searchable online database about Frenchtheatre plays, people, productions and performance spaces

between 1600 and 1800.

Early Twentieth-Century Russian Dramahttp://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Drama/This is a richly illustrated virtual textbook on thegroundbreaking theatrical scene in early twentieth centuryRussia.

Folk Play Research Home Page / Traditional DramaResearch Grouphttp://www.folkplay.info/The Folk Play Research Home Page contains a wealth of material relating totraditional guisers and mummers plays.

PeoplePlay UK: Theatre History Onlinehttp://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/

Based on the theatre collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, thiswebsite showcases a wide range of British stage history, such as pantomime, circus,dance, musicals, drama, opera and music hall.

Screenonline: the Definitive Guide to Britain's Film and TV Historyhttp://www.screenonline.org.uk/Screenonline contains hundreds of hours of clips from the BFI National Film andTelevision Archive together with commentaries and synopses.

Theatronhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Theatron/176/124/23

http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/projects/archive/technology/tech23.phpThis project has created three-dimensional models of historic theatres within virtualworld, Second Life.


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Who's Who of Victorian Cinemahttp://www.victorian-cinema.net/This guide to Victorian film covers the beginnings of filmmaking from the 1870s until

the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, featuring 300 biographies of people involvedbehind and in front of the camera.

Films, plays and reviews

FILM

Documentary Filmshttp://www.documentaryfilms.net/Provides news, resources and film reviews on documentary films.

European-Films.nethttp://www.european-films.net/This website provides news, reviews,trailers and interviews aboutcontemporary European films.

Film: Research and Resourceshttp://www.tc.umn.edu/~ryahnke/Produced by Robert E. Yahnke, Professorof Film at General College, University ofMinnesota, for his students, this websiteincludes a section on film reviews, writtenby Yahnke.

Film as the New Shakespeare and Film on Shakespearehttp://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/film-as-new-shakespeare.htmThis online article considers the attitudes towards literature on screen, includingcinematic productions of Shakespeares plays.

Films Involving Disabilities

http://www.disabilityfilms.co.uk/Aimed at anyone with an interest in how disability is represented in films, this websiteprovides a list of over 2,500 feature films that involve a variety of disabilities.

Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)http://www.mrqe.com/The MRQE searches for film reviews from the popular press. It has an American bias.

THEATRE

Doollee.comhttp://www.doollee.com/Doollee.com is an online database of information on contemporary playwrights andtheir work whose stated objective is to list every play written or produced in Englishsince 1956.


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English Renaissance in Context (ERIC)http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/teach/ERIC contains a set of tutorials on Shakespeare's plays and a database of scanned

texts from the Furness Shakespeare Library at the University of Pennsylvania (seeSCETI for that).

Gilbert and Sullivan Archivehttp://math.boisestate.edu/gas/Contains an individual page for each work that links to thelibretto, an item-related discography, sample audio files, and aplethora of various other related items.

Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)http://www.ibdb.com/

This database offers comprehensive information about currentand past shows produced on Broadway.

No Playshttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/This website contains Japanese texts and English translationsof some No (Noh) dramas from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Theatre Archive Projecthttp://www.bl.uk/theatrearchiveThis five-year AHRC-funded project to reinvestigate British theatre history from 1945

to 1968 includes a scripts collection.

Directors, screenwriters and playwrights

DIRECTORS AND SCREENWRITERS

Ingmar Bergman Face to Facehttp://www.ingmarbergman.se/Covers the life and work of the Swedish filmmaker, author and theatre director IngmarBergman.

Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)http://www.imsdb.com/This website contains a collection of movie scripts and TV transcripts, searchable bytitle or genre, and available for reading online.

Official Preston Sturges Websitehttp://www.prestonsturges.com/Dedicated to the American director and screenwriter Preston Sturges and contains afilmography, biography, chronology and excerpts from some of Sturges screenplays.

Script Factoryhttp://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/A script development organisation established in 1996 that works to supportscreenwriters by finding and developing new screenwriting talent.


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Woody Allenhttp://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/allen.htmlPublished in Senses of Cinema, this is an essay about the American filmmaker and

actor, Woody Allen. It discusses Allen as auteur and the autonomy that he employs inthe making of his films.

PLAYWRIGHTS

Alan Ayckbournhttp://www.alanayckbourn.net/The official website for the internationally acclaimed playwright and director, AlanAyckbourn contains a comprehensive playguide, biography, and information related toAyckbourn's film, television and radio work.

Apmonia: a Site for Samuel Becketthttp://www.themodernword.com/beckett/A comprehensive online study of Beckett, his life and work,and critical responses to his writing.

Clenched Fists: the Official Dennis PotterWebsitehttp://www.yorksj.ac.uk/potter/Originally developed to support a Cultural Studies course atYork St John University, this website focuses on all aspectsof Potter's life and work.

Harold Pinter.orghttp://www.haroldpinter.org/Includes a brief biography of the British playright, information on Pinter's acting anddirecting career, poems, political speeches and correspondence.

Ibsen.nethttp://www.ibsen.net/?id=83/This rich and authoritative site is the work of Norways National Ibsen Committee,which aims to cultivate and renew the cultural heritage bequeathed by their foremostnational playwright, both in Norway and internationally.

Actors and acting

Acting Bizhttp://www.actingbiz.com/An online resource for actors, this website contains articles on getting started,showbiz basics, training and jobs. There is also a talent database.

Charlie Chaplinhttp://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/

Published by the BFI, this website provides the latest research into Chaplin, withresources, articles and papers from the 2005 conference on the work of the Englishcomedy actor.


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Equityhttp://www.equity.org.uk/Equity is the UK trade union for those working in the

performing arts and entertainment areas. The website providescareers advice, industry news and members directories.

Internet Movie Database (IMDb)http://www.imdb.com/The Internet Movie Database provides film information for all.Thousands of directors, actors and actresses, producers,writers and members of film crews are listed on the databaseand can be searched by name or film.

Interviews at the NFT

http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/This website provides transcripts of interviews held at theNational FilmTheatre (NFT) dating back to 2001. Actors andfilmmakers that are listed include Penlope Cruz with PedroAlmodvar, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, AnnaKarina, and Malcolm McDowell.

Spotlighthttp://www.spotlight.com/Founded in 1927, Spotlight is the world-renowned UK casting directory. The websitehosts lists of actors and actresses, casting and production, agents, and more.

Available to subscribers.

Stars of French Filmhttp://www.shef.ac.uk/f/frenchfilmstars/home.htmlFunded by the AHRC, this is a searchable database of biographies, filmographiesand press clippings, devoted to French film stars from 1949 to the present day.

Film and theatre production

Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)

http://www.abtt.co.uk/The Association of British Theatre Technicians provides information for those workingbackstage in UK theatres, including jobs, a directory and discussion forums.

Designing Shakespeare (Incorporating King Lear PerformancePhotographs Collection)http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htmThis electronic archive contains images of Shakespearean performances at leadingtheatres in London and Stratford between 1960-2000.

Scenography: the Theatre Design Website

http://www.scenography.co.uk/This online platform for theatre designers and theatre arts professionals coverssubjects from puppetry to scenography.


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Theatrecrafts.comhttp://www.theatrecrafts.com/Hosted by the University of Exeter School of Performance Arts, Theatrecrafts.com is

a directory and glossary providing practical information and advice about technicaltheatre at every level.

Cinemas, film studios and theatres

CINEMAS AND FILM STUDIOS

Cinecitthttp://www.cinecittastudios.it/public/_cfm/page/page_454.cfmItalian film studio Cinecitt is the largest filmmaking facility in mainland Europe, and

has formed the backdrop to some 3,000 films, including 83 Academy Award winners.

Cinema Theatre Association (CTA)http://www.cinema-theatre.org.uk/Established in 1967, the CTA encompasses a range of entertainment buildingsincluding live theatres and music halls. The website provides information on visits andevents, illustrated with full colour photographs.

Cinema Treasureshttp://cinematreasures.org/Cinema Treasures is a database of cinemas and movie theatres from across the

world, each entry indexed according to a set of browseable criteria, including size,status (open, closed etc.), function, chain, architect or style.

Europa Cinemashttp://www.europa-cinemas.com/The website for Europa Cinemas, a networksupporting the distribution of European films, actsas a database of international cinemas anddistributors that form part of the network, as well asproviding full information on the release of

international films across Europe.Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)http://www.mgm.com/From Ben Hur to 2001: A Space Odyssey, MGM hasproduced some of Hollywoods most famous films.This website provides information about new

releases from MGM, plus clips and trailers, synopses, cast lists and photographs forfilms produced by MGM since the 1920s.

Paramount Pictures

http://www.paramount.com/The website for Paramount Pictures offers a history of the studio, and specificParamount films along with forthcoming releases.


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Pinewood Studios Grouphttp://www.pinewoodgroup.com/Pinewood Studios have been the location of some of the most famous British-

produced films, from 1939s Talk of the Devil to long running series like James Bondand the Carry On films.

Pixarhttp://www.pixar.com/Creators of films like Toy Story and Ants, Pixars website provides a profile of thestudios artists and innovative production methods, together with trailers of past andfuture releases.

Some Enchanted Evenings: American Picture Palaceshttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/

This illustrated online essay is a study of the Americanmovie theatre and its impact on American culture fromthe 1920s to the 1940s. The essay traces thedevelopment of movie palaces in the United States.

THEATRES

Bristol Old Vichttp://www.bristol-old-vic.co.uk/The website for the Bristol Old Vic theatre containsinformation about current and future performances,

and a section on education detailing the role of theeducational department at the theatre.

Everyman Liverpool, Liverpool Playhousehttp://www.everymanplayhouse.com/This website provides a history of the two theatres,news and whats on sections. Additionally, there are areas on theatre and thecommunity and new writing, both of which include projects, activities and events.

Forced Entertainmenthttp://www.forcedentertainment.com/

Forced Entertainment are a highly influential experimental theatre working acrosstheatre, performance, live art, installation and digital media.

National Theatre (NT)http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/The website of the UKs Royal National Theatre provides information about currentand forthcoming NT productions and other events, such as tours, exhibitions, talksand music performances, in addition to a wide variety of information and resources.

National Theatre Scotlandhttp://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/

With no building of its own, Scotlands National Theatre Company brings the bestactors and productions to venues from the grandest theatres to spaces that havenever been used for performance.


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Old Vichttp://www.oldvictheatre.com/The official website of the Old Vic Theatre in London includes information about

current performances with cast lists and images, booking information, projects andthe history of the Old Vic, which consists of a time line of the theatre from 1818.

Royal Opera Househttp://info.royaloperahouse.org/The website of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden gives information about thecurrent season of both the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet companies, featurespages and historical and current information.

Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)http://www.rsc.org.uk/

The website of the Royal Shakespeare Company(RSC) provides details of the companys currentproductions, information about Shakespeares lifeand works, and an online exhibition area.

Sadlers Wellshttp://www.sadlerswells.com/The Sadlers Wells Theatres offer a mixture ofinternational dance, opera and musical theatre.The website provides details of whats on at the

three theatres, an archive of past events andperformances and a history of the theatre.

Shakespeares Globehttp://www.shakespeares-globe.org/http://www.globelink.org/The website of Shakespeares Globe Theatre provides information about thereconstructed Elizabethan playhouse, its performance schedule, and its educationalfacilities. GlobeLink is the theatres dedicated educational resource.

Theatres Trust

http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/The Theatres Trust aims to protect theatres across the country. The website containsinformation about the Trust, its role and conference information.

Festivals, awards and events

FILM

Berlinale: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlinhttp://www.berlinale.de/

The German capitals prestigious (Category A) film festival includes film screeningsand panel discussions, alongside the European Film Market - one of Europe's largestmarketplaces for film.




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La Biennale di Veneziahttp://www.labiennale.org/en/Forming a strand of the Biennale programme, Venices International Film Festival is

the worlds oldest film festival, founded in 1932.

Brief Encountershttp://www.brief-encounters.org.uk/Brief Encounters is an annual short film festival, held in Bristol, UK premiering newfilm and emerging talent.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)http://www.bafta.org/The British Academy of Film and Television Arts promotes and awards achievementin the areas of film, television and interactive media.

Cannes International Film Festivalhttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/Perhaps the most famous film festival in the world, Canneswebsite includes day-by-day information about the current(or most recent) festival and an extensive archive.

Exposures: the National Student Film Festivalhttp://www.exposuresfilmfestival.co.uk/Exposures celebrates the best of student filmmaking andtakes place annually at the Cornerhouse in Manchester, UK.

International Film Festival of India (IFFI)http://iffi.nic.in/Held annually in Goa, India, the International Film Festival ofIndia (IFFI) is now one of the worlds leading forums forcinema from developing countries.

OSCAR.comhttp://www.oscar.com/This is the official website of the Academy Awards, betterknown as the Oscars. The site provides information aboutthe history of the awards, previous presenters and listings ofnominees and previous winners.

Sundance Film Festivalhttp://www.sundance.org/festival/Held annually by the Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, Sundance Film festival isone of the world's leading festivals of independent filmmaking.

THEATRE

Edinburgh Festival Fringehttp://www.edfringe.com/

Begun by festival gatecrashers in 1947, the more experimental fringe happensalongside the official Edinburgh International Festival, showcasing a huge variety ofacts from comedy to new drama.


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Edinburgh International Festivalhttp://www.eif.co.uk/Aiming to bring the worlds best performing arts to Scotland, the Edinburgh

International Festival (EIF) takes place each summer. The site includes the currentprogramme and explores the festivals history.

Festival dAvignonhttp://www.festival-avignon.com/Founded in 1947, the Festival dAvignon is one of the worlds most important theatrefestivals, taking place around the historic town of Avignon in France.

Laurence Olivier Awardshttp://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/Established in 1976, the Laurence Olivier Awards are regarded as London

theatrelands most prestigious awards, voted for by theatre critics.

Tony Awardshttp://www.tonyawards.com/The Tony Awards are an annual event celebrating the achievements in live Americantheatre, particularly Broadway productions.

Film and theatre theory and criticism

FILM

Bright Lights Film Journalhttp://www.brightlightsfilm.com/Contains full-text articles on film criticism,analysis, history and commentary and mixesthe popular voice with that of the academic.

CinemaSpacehttp://cinemaspace.berkeley.edu/CinemaSpace explores theoretical aspects offilm, and includes film and media-related

academic papers, theory and criticism, lecturesand links to other related networked resources.

David Bordwells Website on Cinemahttp://www.davidbordwell.net/The website of American film theorist and criticDavid Bordwell. The site contains a blog byBordwell and his wife Kristin Thompson, withwhom he has written two textbooks.

The Film Journal

http://www.thefilmjournal.com/The Film Journal provides a forum for eclecticfilm criticism, study and discussion.

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Film-Philosophyhttp://www.film-philosophy.com/Film-Philosophy is an international academic journal

dedicated to philosophically reviewing film studies,philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema.

Screening the Pasthttp://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/Screening the Past is an international full-textelectronic journal of visual media and history.

Senses of Cinemahttp://www.sensesofcinema.com/Senses of Cinema is an online journal that is devoted

to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.THEATRE

Body, Space and Technology Journalhttp://people.brunel.ac.uk/bst/Body, Space and Technology (BST) explores the interdisciplinary use of the body, spaceand/or technology in performance practice and theory.

Centre for Applied Theatre Researchhttp://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/catr/Works to develop theatre practice beyond the university in a variety of education and

social contexts.

Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts (ResCen)http://www.mdx.ac.uk/rescen/ResCen aims to bridge the gaps between performance practice and academic study.

Practice as Research in Performance (PARIP)http://www.bris.ac.uk/parip/PARIP was a five-year project (2001-2006) that investigated creative-academic issuesraised by practice as research.

Varianthttp://www.variant.randomstate.org/Variant is a free magazine that provides in-depth coverage of the social, political andcultural aspects of the arts and culture.

Libraries, archives and collections

FILM

Arts on Film Archivehttp://www.artsonfilm.org.uk/Arts on Film is an online database and digital archive of the 450 surviving Arts Council-funded documentary films from 1953 to 1998. The films can be viewed using QuickTime;for copyright reasons, they can only be streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.


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BFI National Libraryhttp://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/library/The British Film Institute (BFI) national library website provides online access to the

catalogue of one of the worlds largest research collections of books on British andinternational cinema, film and television.

Mitchell and Kenyon Collectionhttp://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mk/Found in sealed barrels in a shop basement, the Mitchell and Kenyon film collectioncontains 800 non-fiction titles produced between 1900-1911, in the form of nitratenegatives.

National Media Museumhttp://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

Based in Bradford, the National Media Museums huge cinematography collectionincludes the worlds first negative and what is regarded as the worlds first example ofmoving pictures - Louis Le Princes 1888 film of Leeds Bridge.

THEATRE

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Databasehttp://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/birmingham-repertory.htmThis is a valuable archive of a repertory theatre spanning the period 1913-1971.

Birmingham Shakespeare Library

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=1942&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=5396Part of Birminghams Central Library, the Birmingham Shakespeare Library was

founded in 1864 and contains copies of almostall the English language editions of the works ofShakespeare.

Everyman Theatre Archivehttp://www.everymantheatre archive.ac.uk/Liverpools Everyman Theatre collection containsa wealth of production material, including

programmes, posters, promotional material, andphotographs. The website lists productions fromthe influential regional theatre.

Mander and Mitchenson TheatreCollectionhttp://www.mander-and-mitchenson.co.uk/Amassed by British actors, Raymond Manderand Joe Mitchenson from the 1930s to the1970s, this huge theatre collection contains

playbills, posters, programmes, engravings,cuttings and photographs of the London and regional theatres, from the earliest daysof Drury Lane and Covent Garden to Londons most recent productions.

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