Resources

• African-American Literature Discussion and good links.

• American Theatre Web. Links to more than 1200 theatres listed, plus a great deal of information relating to theatre in North America.

• Backstage, "a performing arts gateway for the UK." "Backstage provides a single point of entry for finding and searching performing arts collections in the UK. It is aimed at the research community, plus anyone with an interest in the performing arts." An excellent resource.

• Futurism, a resource for the manifestos and works of members of the Futurist movement.

• Music History of the 20th Century. Part of the "Music History On-Line" series.

• San Francisco Opera Performance Archieve, which lists dates, titles and casts.

Publishers

• Samuel French Ltd. - London. [AKA "Concord Theatricals"] Play and theatre book listings.
• Dramatists Play Service. Searchable index of plays, with information about royalties, permissions, etc.
• The Internet Theatre Bookshop

Theatres

Australia
• New Theatre, 1932. Australia's longest running professional. Mostly a commercial site, but with an interesting history of the New Theatre.
Canada
• Time-line for the creation of the Stratford Ontario Shakespeare Festival.
Denmark
• Henning Larsen (Royal Danish Opera House)
• Royal Danish Opera House
England
• Retirement address of George Hoare, General Manager for 25 years of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1982 (4:54 minutes,) and an interesting reminiscence about the Ghost of Drury Lane in 1992 (7:01 minutes,) after Mr. Hoare had been General Manager from 1958 to 1982 when he became the Theatre Historian and Archivist of the theatre. [I am indebted to Jeremy Hoare, George Hoare's son, for bringing these videos to my attention. JRW]

  There is an excellent and well documented Wikipedia article on the history of Drury Lane, including a section on the ghosts of this venerable theatre, believed by many to be "the most haunted theatre in the world."

Finland
• Finnish Arts and Culture [Finnish theatre events can sometimes be found on this page.] See also Finnish National Theatre
Scotland
• EdinburghGuide: Gateway to Scotland's capital. Edited by Thelma Good. Up to date information on activity in Scotland's theatres. Good source of information on the Edinburgh Festival.
Slovakia
• The Theatre Institute
• Teatro Divadlo.sk Teatrozurnal
• Department of Theatre and Film of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
U.S.A.

New York

• Lincoln Center Theatre -- Links Performance information at Lincoln Center. For several dozen site links that reference Lincoln Center, use Northern Light search engine to find "Lincoln Center."

  Seattle

• The Seattle Repertory Theatre History of The Rep, current productions, etc.

  Dallas
  

• Alley Theatre OnLine (Houston, TX)

  Virginia

• Wolf Trap America's National Park for Performing Arts

  Washington, D.C.

• A list of Washington area theatres.
• Arena Stage
• National Theatre
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Folger Library Theatre

Shakespeare Festivals and Performance Groups: Foreign and Domestic

• Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• Illinois Shakespeare Festival
• Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York.
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland)
• Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville)
• Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival (Saskatoon, Canada)
• Stratford Shakespeare Festival, (Stratford, Ontario, Canada) See also the history and time-line for the creation of the Festival.

Last revised 3/19/2022