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Click on "Image collections", then click on "BREN", and search the Robert Breen ANTA archive by keyword to select among hundreds of retrievable high-quality images from the archives of the American National Theatre Academy.
Some superb dance photos from 1940 onwards.
[Note new location.] Growing documentation on members and productions of the famous company.
Attractive site. Opening page has fine photo of MEI Lanfang (1894-1961) as Xi Shi. Other photos illustrate the main roles in Beijing Opera, leading players, etc. Some masks.
The information page contains three small sample images: the stage and auditorium, a late 17thC print, and a page from one of the famous registers.
Rich in resources, and well presented. Worth a virtual visit -- and a real one, if you find yourself in Rome.
A few small images available (marked "réproduction interdite").
A small number of better-than-average color pics of the company in action; part of the "Scenes of Vermont" site.
A small curiosity: Brecht and Weill photographed together during the 1928 rehearsals of The Threepenny Opera, now pulled together as an animated image.
Fine photos from a Japanese high school group that specializes in Bunraku puppet work.
A how-to page with good illustrations.
Beautifully illustrated site devoted to the finest surviving royal baroque theatre in the world. Includes material on the 17thC Eggenberg Theatre and the 18thC Schwarzenberg Theatre. (Thanks to Evan Baker for the suggestion.)
Reconstructions of the Theatre of Dionysus at Athens.
Site plans and photographs of reconstructions.
Several dozen Edwardian tinted photos.
Delicious... Art-Deco classics.
John Culme's highly entertaining mix of pre-1920 photographs, postcards, sheet music covers and magazines, etc. - some 25,000 items in all. Worth a visit.
Notes and images. Don't overlook the clickable image map on the first page.
Astonishing database of 20,000 images of London. You can view and order copies online.
Well-illustrated site with images, videos and sound. Includes a sequence illustrating Kabuki make-up.
Colourful depictions of stock characters from traditional theatre. Sometimes slow to load (the site is in Turkey).
Good performance shots and close-ups of masks.
Photos of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya.
Fully annotated, illustrated online catalogue of the private collection of English mezzotints acquired by Christopher Lennox-Boyd since 1968. Includes digital version of the exhibition catalogue, Theatre: the Age of Garrick.
Includes photos from the Federal Theatre Project, early motion pictures, the variety stage, celebrities -- or search by keyword ("actors", "theatre", etc.). Rich collection, well worth browsing.
Useful collection of illustrations to accompany ongoing collaborative classroom project.
A fine image of the Lyon Punch on the title page.
Representative images from the holdings in theatre,circus, dance, opera. Please note the restrictions on use specified on the entry page.
Paintings, posters, playbills and costume designs, mostly 19thC British, from the collection the scholar who retired in 1996.
Fine collection of large colour photos, available as thumbnails on title page.
Miniatures from the Besançon manuscript, presented by Jesse D. Hurlbut at Brigham Young University.
Published by the US Institute for Theatre Technology, as part of Project 2000, there are designs for costume, stage and lighting. Note, please, the copyright notice on the first page, which forbids duplication "electronically or on stage" without the written permission of the designer. The site layout is superb.
Click on "Theaters" for a sequence of 30 Greek theatres.
200 years of early French-Canadian theatre, well illustrated.
A working designer's portfolio, linked by play title.
Features preparatory sketches by the director/designer.
19thC paintings and other resources.
16th and 17th C theatre photos, models, drawings; a visual tour of the home of Lope de Vega, and links to the vast collection of online Spanish plays. Maintained by Vern Williamson, who deserves a medal.
Spectacle on the renaissance and baroque stage. Bibliography, animations, links.
An experiment in VRML representation of the group's theatre. Follow link to Nieuws and then to Virtueel kirjkje.
3-D computer models of the Theatre of Pompey; with links to similar ventures involving Greek, Roman and Restoration theatres.
Vast range of neatly arranged thumbnails linked to 100k graphics, in colour, from the mid-19thC handbook of historical costume.
University of Washington School of Drama: several dozen scanned images now available, hundreds to follow.
68 ways to make really big puppets, plus a patternbook of pageants and processions. Lots of hand-drawn illustrations.
Profiles the work of over 1300 dancers and includes a formal gallery as well as photos of many of the dancers.
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Barry Russell, barry@vl-theatre.comCreated 17 January 1999. Last updated 3 April 1999
