Actors & Acting
- Dialects & Accents (VASTA)Many helpful links for samples of different dialects and accents. From the Voice and Speech Trainers Association.
- Internet Broadway DatabaseThe official database for Broadway theatre information from the beginning to the present.
- Ringling Collection: Images of 19th Century Actors & Actresses"This glorious assemblage of images traces the history of stagecraft . . . important not simply for its images of the idols of a bye-gone era but for its depictions of period clothing and hair."
- Speech Accent ArchiveThis archive gives samples of English accents as spoken by people around the world - both native and non-native English speakers.
- WWW Virtual Library of Theatre and DramaA gateway site to international theatre companies, schools, books, journals, and some online plays.
Images
- Archives Canada SearchA gateway to archival resources such as photographs, maps, art, and drawings.
Search these collections for copyright-friendly images you can use freely, as long as you abide by any terms of use provided by the owner of the content.
- morgueFile"Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!"
- virtualmuseum.ca Search"The Image Gallery showcases thousands of artefacts, photos, paintings and objects from Canadian museums."
- Web Gallery of ArtA virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods (1100-1850).
Music
Find music using the open sources below:
Performing Arts Professional Organizations
- Actors' EquityRepresenting American Actors and Stage Managers in the Theatre