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Film, TV, Theatre, & Animation Research

Performing arts research databases and sites.

Performing Arts Databases

Theatre Databases

Digital Theatre Plus
Play performances, playwright info, & resources for directing, acting, stagecraft, etc.

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Also has over 21,000 pages of written resources, from accessible guides to essays to ready-made teaching resources, written by educators for educators.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Academic journal articles for literature research, including plays.

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Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Play analysis and biographies of plays and playwrights.
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Full-text scripts and production details for over 1,500 plays written by North American playwrights.

Internet Broadway Database
Research anything related to Broadway or its history.

Video Collections

Digital Theatre Plus
Plays in performance, information on plays, interviews with directors, actors, & production designers, etc.

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Also has over 21,000 pages of written resources, from accessible guides to essays to ready-made teaching resources, written by educators for educators.
Kanopy Film Collection
Film collection, including feature films and documentaries.
Academic Video Online
Film collection, including feature films and documentaries.
Films on Demand
Film collection, including feature films and documentaries.
Digital Campus
Classic films.

Regent's Baptista Film Collection

Reference Sources

Use the following to find definitions of film or theatre terms or quick facts, biographies, and statistics.

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