Theatre Resources for Shakespeare—A Finding Guide

 

 

MAJOR DATABASES

 

  Available on the Library Web Page--> SSCL homepageàDatabases

http://www.noblenet.org/ssc/research/databases/

 

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

 

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for more than 100 titles, including journals, books and monographs.

 

 

*NOTES: Click on “Advanced Search”àFirst line = “Shakespeare” and “Tempest” on the second line.  Click “Search.”

 

Access to general and scholarly articles on the Tempest, including book reviews, magazine articles and reviews, and Theater reviews from newspapers and Shakespeare bulletins.  Includes production reviews with links to directors on the left-hand side.

 

JSTOR

A full text database of articles from scholarly journals, excluding the most recent 3-5 years.

Search title or full text - there are almost no abstracts. 

Select Language and Literature journals. 

 

*NOTES: Scholarly articles and reviews.  From JSTOR homepage click on “Search”àClick “Advanced Search”àFirst line = “Shakespeare” and “Tempest” (on second line)àSelect “Performing Arts” from below search options (8 Journals)àSelect “Search” to view full-text results

 

MLA Bibliography

Citations for articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, etc. from 1963 to the present.  

Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation.

 

*NOTES: Click on “Advanced Search”àFirst line = “Shakespeare” and “Tempest” on the second line.  Click “Search.”

 

Access to general and scholarly articles on the Tempest, including book reviews, magazine articles and reviews, and Theater reviews from newspapers and Shakespeare bulletins.  Left-hand side has option for “Theatrical Productions” with notes and articles about the Tempest.

 

 

ProjectMUSE

 

Full-text articles from more than 100 scholarly journals published by university presses in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. 

Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation.

 

*NOTES: See JSTOR notes.  ProjectMUSE includes recent journal publications without JSTOR’s 3-5 year delay.

 

ProQuest Direct

Online journal articles and citations, as well as the full text of the New York Times from 1857 to the present.

Select scholarly materials by clicking on "Databases selected". 

Two words phrases are assumed to be a phrase;  use " " for phrases of more than two words.  Use * for truncation.

 

*NOTES: Select “Advanced Search”àFirst line = “Shakespeare” and second line = “Tempest”à Results = 1630 + with options to narrow results by tabs above search results for “Scholarly Journals,” “Magazines,” “Newspapers,” etcà Also notice “Suggested Topics” Box above to narrow results by topic, such as “Tempest (company/org)” *Make sure terms are spelled correctly—database is sensitive about spelling

 

 

INTERNET DATABASES

 

 

Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) Performing Arts

 

AHDS Performing Arts collects, documents, preserves and promotes the use of digital resources to support research and teaching across the broad field of the performing arts: music, film, broadcast arts, theatre, dance.

 

http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm

 

 

*NOTES: AHDSà”Explore Collection”à Designing Shakespeare Collections, choose play from the listà”Tempest, The” (46 Productions)

 

 

 

Internet Shakespeare Editions

 

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/index.html

 

Internet Shakespeare Editions offers access to everything Shakespeare, including Shakespeare in Performance, a searchable database of performance materials from over 1000 film and stage productions related to Shakespeare's works.

 

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/sip/index.html

 

 

*NOTES: Internet Shakespeare Editionsàclick on “Search”àType in “Tempest” (Shakespeare in Performance: Search Results)à50 Results coded by ‘F’ = Film; ‘P’ = Performance

 

Clicking on one of the results will give you access to “Related Artifacts,” including costume design, program notes, and photographs, among other resources.

 

Below results = Productions connected to The Tempest with links to the production stills of the performance

 

Intute: Arts and Humanities

 

Intute offers an easy-to-use and powerful tool for discovering the best Internet resources for education and research in Creative Arts and Humanities.

 

http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=stage+lighting&limit=0

 

 

 

INTERNET RESOURCES (LINKS)

 

 

Design & Production

 

 

The Costume Page  

 

Over 2000 links to resources on costume and costuming for those who study and/or make costumes: costumers, students, historical re-enactors, dancers, theatrical costumers, writers, researchers, and all those interested in fashion, textile art, and costume history.

 

http://www.costumepage.org/

 

 

Elizabethan Costume Page  

 

Sixteen sections of information about clothing during Queen Elizabeth's reign.

 

http://www.elizabethancostume.net/

 

 

Shakespeare

 

Google Books: Shakespeare

 

Searchable full text and links to Google Scholar, Video, and Images.

 

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare

 

 

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet  

 

A complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet, along with a listing of Shakespeare festivals, a Shakespeare timeline and a Shakespeare genealogy.

 

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu

 

 

OpenSource Shakespeare: an Experiment in Literary Technology

 

Shakespeare texts and concordances.

 

http://opensourceshakespeare.org