American Drama 1714–1915
More than 1500 plays from the American stage.
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The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online
(Open Access) Complete writings of Ben Jonson accompanied by commentary, essays, scores, performance information, and archival materials.
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Drama Texts Collection
*Best Bet for SubjectScripts of thousands of plays from around the world.
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Eighteenth Century Drama
*Best Bet for SubjectA collection of digitized play manuscripts, including nearly every play submitted for license in the U.K. from 1737-1824.
About Eighteenth Century DramaEnglish Drama
More than 3,000 plays in verse and prose from British theatrical history.
About English DramaEntertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Digitized trade and popular publications covering music, theatre, film, television, video games, and more dating from the 19th - 21st centuries.
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Fashion Studies Collection (ProQuest)
Digitized archive of major fashion magazines, including GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Women's Wear Daily.
About Fashion Studies Collection (ProQuest)Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library
Fashion shows, designer profiles, and global fashion documentaries from the late 1970s - mid-2010s.
About Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion LibraryFilm Scripts Online
Digitized accurate and authorized versions of over 1000 screenplays.
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.
About Gale Literature Resource CenterGale Literature: Contemporary Authors
Brief biographies of authors from the United States and the rest of the world.
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Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL)
(Open Access) Videos of theater and performance art productions throughout the Americas.
About Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL)Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Citations to articles covering a wide range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.
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Citations to research in the humanities published from 1907 to 1984.
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JSTOR
*Best Bet for SubjectJournals, books, primary sources, and images in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Met Opera On Demand: Student Access
Access full-length Metropolitan Opera performances, including videos from the Met’s Live in HD series of movie theater transmissions, telecasts from the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, and radio broadcasts dating back to 1935.
About Met Opera On Demand: Student AccessMLA International Bibliography
*Best Bet for SubjectCritical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.
About MLA International BibliographyMusic & Performing Arts Collection (ProQuest)
*Best Bet for SubjectJournals in music, dance, theatre, film, and a wide range of performing arts disciplines.
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The New York Times
Full access to NYTimes.com, including all articles published from 1851 to the present. First-time users, please select “Create Account” to create an NYTimes.com personal account.
About The New York TimesNew York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
About New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Primary source materials related to 19th century (primarily British and American) history.
About Nineteenth Century Collections OnlineThe Nineteenth Century Stage
Digitized primary source collection documenting popular theatrical entertainment throughout the long 19th century in the U.S., U.K., and Australia.
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Play Index (H.W. Wilson)
*Best Bet for SubjectIndex of plays written from Antiquity to the present.
About Play Index (H.W. Wilson)Project Muse
Scholarly journals and ebooks in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
About Project MuseProQuest Digital Collections
Digitized primary and secondary sources from a wide variety of subject areas organized into many subcollections.
About ProQuest Digital CollectionsProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
About ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York TimesProQuest One Entertainment & Popular Culture
Digitized primary and secondary sources in the areas of music, film, television, gaming, comics, and childhood and youth culture.
About ProQuest One Entertainment & Popular CultureProQuest One Literature
Extensive global collection of primary source literary texts, criticism, analysis, and secondary sources.
About ProQuest One LiteratureProQuest One Performing Arts (Alexander Street)
Dance, music, and theatre multimedia collection, including scripts, scores, historical periodicals, and video performances, interviews, documentaries, and studio lessons.
About ProQuest One Performing Arts (Alexander Street)ProQuest One Visual Arts & Design
Scholarly, trade, and popular journals and videos in art, architecture, design, and fashion.
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Royal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to Performance
Digitized archives of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including prompt books and selected production materials.
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Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt Books
A collection of over 1,000 digitized rare and unique prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
About Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt BooksShakespeare in Silent Film
Digitized silent film adaptations of Shakespeare plays.
About Shakespeare in Silent FilmShakespeare's Globe Archive
Digitized production and architectural archives of the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London.
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Theatre Performance & Design Collection
*Best Bet for SubjectMultimedia collection of streaming video and audio performances, production design materials, and primary and secondary sources.
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More than 300 English-language plays from around the English-speaking world.
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Victorian Popular Culture
Digitized primary sources depicting popular entertainment in Britain, the United States, and Europe in the long 19th century.
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