THA 3399: Design for the Theatre

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The Federal Theatre Project Collection contains documentation for stage productions mounted by the Federal Theatre Project in the period 1935-39. These include a wide variety of materials: billboards, cast lists, correspondence, costume designs, ground plans, lighting cue sheets, lighting plots, music, photographs, playbills, playscripts and playscript "sides" (a "side" is an individual role or part), posters, production notebooks, programs, property lists, publicity reports and clippings, radio scripts, research reports, reviews, scenarios, set designs, study guides, and technical reports. There are approximately 5,000 playscripts and 2,500 titles ranging from vaudeville to classic theater. The finding aid for the collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu995001.

This collection features drama texts from diverse playwrights, high-definition performance videos, documentaries, interviews, audio plays, contextual reference material, and production design archival content.

This unique resource covers classic and historical plays along with the works of contemporary playwrights. This database covers new editions and translations and includes descriptive annotations to summarize the plot and indicate musical requirements.

The collection includes photographs, playbills, programs, posters, audio and video recordings, and other memorabilia relating to Mason Johnson’s time at Texas Wesleyan College between 1956 and 1985.

Gale OneFile: Fine Arts is a periodical database that places articles in the hands of serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.

The Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is a valuable source of documentation on the history of theatre and is housed in The Rare Book and Manuscript Library. It is a rare collection of original materials on the theatre comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.

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Provides indexing to humanities and social sciences magazine and journal articles published between 1907 and 1984.

This database provides full text abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities as well as specialized magazines. Content includes feature articles interviews obituaries and original works of fiction drama poetry and much more.Content Includes: