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Articles: Journals or Newspapers (1)

• International Index to the Performing Arts

  Indexes and abstracts over 130 international performing arts periodicals from 9 countries, as well as performing arts articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Covers nearly all aspects of the world of the performing arts, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Coverage: 1864-.

Literary Texts (4)

• American Drama

  Over 700 plays by dramatists such as Thomas Paine, Edward Hitchcock, and James Lawson. Coverage: 1714-1911.

• Arden Shakespeare

  "The Arden Shakespeare includes: the complete text of every play and poem in The Arden Shakespeare second series; facsimile reproductions of each page of early folio and quarto texts for every play and poem (where these are available); also, in some cases, such as Hamlet, a further quarto text; and five supplementary texts key to the study of Shakespeare." Coverage: Second series.

• Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare

  Contains 11 major editions from the First Folio of 1623 to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, 28 separate contemporary printings of individual plays and poems, selected apocrypha, and related works. Also contains more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Coverage: 1591-1911.

• English Drama

  Contains 4,000 plays by 1,200 authors from the late thirteenth century to the early twentieth century. Coverage: 1280-1915.

Multimedia (2)

• Opera in Video

  Streaming video of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Multiple performances and stagings of the major operas, from Baroque to the 20th century, allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors.

• Theatre in Video

  Streaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging. Includes the BBC Shakespeare Collection.

Primary Sources--Historical Newspapers & Periodicals (1)

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers

  Contains three newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), and Wall Street Journal (1889-1989). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago.