Archival Research Resources
- W. W. Norton’s glossary of the development of Western theatre: https://wwnorton.com/college/english/nadrama/content/review/shorthistory/antiquity-18c/welcome.aspx
- The Victorian & Albert Museum’s “The Story of Theatre” illustrates the history of British theatre with archival objects from V & A’s Theatre and Performance collections: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-theatre
- The London Stage database 1660-1800: searchable, online iteration of The London Stage, 1660-1800, a reference work documenting London performances from the long eighteenth century using playbills, newspapers, and theatrical diaries. The database is searchable by title, names of performers, date ranges, and theaters：https://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/LondonStage/Database
- Digital Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/the-collection
- Digital Collection of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
- Digital Collection of the British Library: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/digital-collections
- NYPL Digital Collection: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
- Digital Library of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens: https://hdl.huntington.org/
- Historical costumes in LUNA Image Collection: https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/view/search?search=SUBMIT&cat=0&q=theater+costume&dateRangeStart=&dateRangeEnd=&sort=call_number%2Cmpsortorder1%2Ccd_title%2Cimprint&QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA
- Theatrical Portraits in British Museum’s archive: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=theatrical&keyword=portrait
- Printed Ephemera: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera at Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/collections/broadsides-and-other-printed-ephemera/about-this-collection/
- Theater in SmartHistory: https://smarthistory.org/?s=theater
- Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library: https://www.shakespeareinperformance.amdigital.co.uk
