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There are well over 2,000 unique links listed on these pages for the benefit of those who study and/or make costumes: costumers, students, historical re-enactors, science fiction fans, professionals, amateurs, dancers, theatrical costumers, trick-or-treaters, writers, researchers, and all those interested in fashion, textile art, and costume history.
contains nearly one thousand different 35mm slides taken from original posters. These images are of the original designs used on posters to advertise FTP plays in many different American cities from 1935 to 1939. The online collection contains electronic versions of each of these images indexed by title, author, subject, theater, place, date, and related names.
A multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. Groups of theater posters and additional sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the future.
This site provides content that is acceptable for use in the UK's National Curriculum and all aspects of theater, from the play text to dramaturgy, from theatrical architecture to final performance. One of its special features is an informative video tour of the National Theatre, which looks at the theater's architecture and at the role of the technicians and administrators in running actual productions. Another wonderful feature is an "interactive" interview with Sir Ian McKellen, in which the actor discusses his thoughts on Shakespeare's Richard III, a play he has performed many times. What makes this feature exciting is that the user gets to pick the questions and has the opportunity to read the words of Shakespeare's text before McKellen discusses his interpretations as an actor.
contains nearly one thousand different 35mm slides taken from original posters. These images are of the original designs used on posters to advertise FTP plays in many different American cities from 1935 to 1939. The online collection contains electronic versions of each of these images indexed by title, author, subject, theater, place, date, and related names.
