Approved Web Resources for Personal Study
Note: These are NOT approved for the oral presentation, unless you discuss your plans with me in a timely fashion. You should draw on resources in the Aladin catalog or other library databases for your oral presentation!
Introductory Resources
Ancient Greek Theater
- Introduction to the Fifth Century : Chapter from Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander
- Illustrated Greek Theater
- Illustrated Greek Drama
- Ancient Greek Theatre : NOVa
- The Glory that was Greece : History and Culture in Ancient Athens
- Women's Life in Greece and Rome
- Perseus Digital Library
- Didaskalia : Ancient Theater in Performance
Medieval European Theater
- The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- The Labyrinth : Resources for Medieval Study at Georgetown University
- Records of Early English Drama Medieval and Early Modern Theater
- Middle English Biblical Plays
- Medieval Drama links and resources
- From an Ill-Spun Wool : The Second Shepherds' Play and early English theater
- Production Image from //The Castle of Perserverance//
- What's the Mystery? Medieval Miracle Plays
- A Field Guide to the //Second Shepherd's Play//
Renaissance and Early Modern European Theater
- Elizabethan and Jacobean Timeline
- The Development of Scenic Spectacle
- Primary Sources Archived by Topic at the Folger Shakespeare Library Online : Sample topics include: Animals, Astrology, Courtship, Education, Evil, Friendship, and Gender Roles
- Th'Overthrow of Stage-Playes, 1599 at the Folger Shakespeare Library Online : Here, Rainolds explains in elaborate and painstaking detail all the reasons "stage-playes" are corrupt and sinful, using biblical references as his foundation. Beginning with a citation from Deuteronomy, Rainolds presents a fifteen-page diatribe against cross-dressing in the theater.—GT
- Essayes or counsels, ciuill and morall, 1625 at the Folger Shakespeare Library Online : Francis Bacon published this book of essays in 1625. Pages 223-226 present the essay titled, "On Masques." This essay begins with the observations that masques are "but toys," but worthy of discussion and analysis because they are enjoyed by royalty and other well-respected people. Bacon describes the qualities of a good masque, and also identifies elements he finds frivolous or pointless. This essay gives students a good snapshot of a specific type of theatrical experience they may not know much about, one that had significant influence on dramatists of Shakespeare's era.—DR
- Consuming Splendor: Luxury Goods in England, 1580-1680 at the Folger Shakespeare Library Online : Demand for luxury goods—rich fabrics, lacquered furniture, tapestries, chimneypieces, silver, porcelain, crystal, paintings, watches, and fine jewels—grew dramatically in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. Exotic products, such as tobacco, coffee, chocolate, and tea from the Indies, Asia, and Africa penetrated the English market, creating new public spaces and private rituals. People at many levels of society more time and more money dressing themselves, decorating their houses, and whetting their appetites. To meet increasing demand, the first London shopping malls were created. New goods from home and abroad marked their purchasers as fashionable, cosmopolitan, and, in the words of contemporaries, "modern." —LP and RD
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century European Theater
- The Web/World of London Theater, 1660-1800
- David Garrick, 1717-1779 : A Theatrical Life
- Consuming Splendor: Luxury Goods in England, 1580-1680 at the Folger Shakespeare Library Online : Demand for luxury goods—rich fabrics, lacquered furniture, tapestries, chimneypieces, silver, porcelain, crystal, paintings, watches, and fine jewels—grew dramatically in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. Exotic products, such as tobacco, coffee, chocolate, and tea from the Indies, Asia, and Africa penetrated the English market, creating new public spaces and private rituals. People at many levels of society more time and more money dressing themselves, decorating their houses, and whetting their appetites. To meet increasing demand, the first London shopping malls were created. New goods from home and abroad marked their purchasers as fashionable, cosmopolitan, and, in the words of contemporaries, "modern." —LP and RD
Modern European Theater
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