Theater Studies

Digital Collections

At Mount Holyoke

Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Database of videos of live performances, productions, masterclasses, interviews, workshops, and documentaries. Written materials such as study guides, practical workshop guides, and encyclopedia entries also included. New content is added regularly.
EEBO / Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
ECCO / Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Works published in the UK during the 18th century. Includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides, plays and more.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
National Theatre Collection brings the stage to life through access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies. Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, this collection offers a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Includes collection on British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture.
Shakespeare's Globe Archive This link opens in a new window
This collection of documents offers insights into the performance practice in the particular space of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. It details the way in which the theatre was constructed as a place of radical experiment. It documents over 200 performances through prompt books, wardrobe notes, programmes, publicity material, annual reports, show reports, photographs and architectural plans.