Library Guides/ Arts, Culture and Media

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On this page you will find a selection of resources that might be useful for your research on theatre

Oxford encyclopedia of theatre and performance This link opens in a new window
Theaterencyclopedie.nl This link opens in a new window
Complete database of stage productions in the Netherlands since 1900. Information on theatres, companies, and performers illustrated with images, audio and video.
IMDB This link opens in a new window
Online database of information on film and television series. Useful for information on screen adaptations of plays
BFI Collections This link opens in a new window
Library catalogue and database of the British Film Institute with information on some 800,000 feature films, short films, TV programmes, documentaries, newsreels and educational and training films. Useful for information on screen adaptions of plays.

Art Full Text & Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
H.W.Wilson's Art Full Text incl. Art Index Retrospective
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) This link opens in a new window
Includes publications on theatre

Drama Online - RSC Live Collection This link opens in a new window
Films of live productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company

A list of available current newspapers and newspaper archives, licensed by the library or freely available online

Current newspapers

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
British online newspaper that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
Financieele Dagblad This link opens in a new window
Dutch newspaper focused on business and economics
Login met RUG- of UMCG-account en creëer vervolgens eenmalig een persoonlijk account
Le Monde This link opens in a new window
Online access to Le Monde
max. 10 simultaneous users. Articles up to one year old can be read online.
The New York Times This link opens in a new window
Online access to The New York Times articles from 1851-1922 and from 1980 to the present.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Dutch and foreign newspapers and other sources for news and journalism.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields

Licensed newspaper archives

The Guardian (1821-2003) & The Observer (1791-2003) This link opens in a new window
Early American newspapers This link opens in a new window
Los Angeles Times 1881-1997 This link opens in a new window
New York Times 1851-2018 This link opens in a new window

Other online archives

Delpher (kranten) This link opens in a new window
Digitized Dutch newspapers from 1618 to 1995
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Over 1400 American newspaper titles from 1836 - 1922

Werkteater This link opens in a new window
Website met boeken en films (van en over het Werkteater), toneelregistraties, interviews, theaterteksten, fotomateriaal...en nog meer.

Theater in Nederland (TiN)
publications, archives, objects relating to Dutch theatre history