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Developed in partnership by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and Faber and Faber Ltd, Drama Online features the pre-eminent drama titles from the Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare and Faber lists, to form a collection of the most studied, performed and critically acclaimed plays from the last two and a half thousand years.
From the Works of aeschylus to the Present day… Access to the fi nest drama literature, including: Th e unrivalled scholarship ofTh e Arden Shakespeare Realist works from Ibsen and Chekhov Major foreign works in translation from Bertolt Brecht, Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Frank Wedekind and more Comic masterpieces from Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward Modern classics from Tom Stoppard, Caryl Churchill, Alan Ayckbourn, Mark Ravenhill, Brian Friel, John Osborne, Christopher Hampton, Alan Bennett, Willy Russell and David Hare New writing from Polly Stenham, Katori Hall, D.C Moore, James Graham, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Lucy Prebble and theatre companies such as Complicité and Filter Th e collection will be continually updated with the very latest drama from new and established writers.
…With Supporting Practical, Critical and Contextual Works on: Acting and performance Th eatre craft and technical theatre Critical interpretations, theatre history surveys and major reference works on authors, movements, practitioners, periods and genres ‘Drama Online promises to reinvent performance studies for a ground-breaking digital environment.’ — T. Mera Moore Lafferty, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Key Features and Benefits Instant access to hundreds of plays and reference works Regularly updated with contemporary plays and study materials Expert guidance with annotated texts, scholarly editions and critical material Powerful full text searching and advanced search options Filtered browsing across authors, periods, genres and themes Personalization features: annotate, save, share, extract, citation options Simple navigation and intuitive user interface, easily accessible from VLEs View cast size and the number of lines per character Rehearsal grids illustrate when characters appear in scenes Quick access to ‘part books’: lines for individual characters Option to turn textual notes on or off Detailed monologues and audition speech search Comfortable on-screen reading experience complete with pagination, stage directions and lineation in place Cross referencing via DOI (Digital Object Identifiers) and OpenURLs Industry standard access: unlimited concurrent access via IP recognition, Shibboleth, library cards, and username and password for remote users COUNTER compliant usage statistics and library branding Extensive online help and excellent customer and technical support Available to institutions via subscription or purchase
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‘I particularly look forward to the time saving and cross referencing aspects of the website. I look forward to having this kind of resource at my fingertips and will certainly recommend it to my actors and students in rehearsal and the classroom.’ — Beth McGuire, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Drama —————————————— ‘The new Drama Online Library website is the next generation of sophisticated online tools for students, actors, researchers, librarians, and lovers of theatre. Take Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury and Faber, with their extraordinary collections and preeminent scholarship. Combine their resources. Place them into an elegant, intuitive and deep interface. And watch this become the most important bookmark on your browser.’ — PROFESSOR ROCCO DAL VERA, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI —————————————— ‘With instant search access to hundreds of plays, and reference works Drama Online is fast becoming the essential site for theatre and performance.’ — Geoffrey Colman, Head of Acting, Central School of Speech and Drama —————————————— ‘Surely this is the best expression to date of the digital revolution as far as literary studies are concerned. What a terrific resource this will be for students, teachers, theatre practitioners, and the general reader. As far as Shakespeare is concerned it will show us the human endeavour that made him possible and the subsequent drama his works continue to inspire.’ — Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Learning and Research, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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