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WORLD THEATRE SECONDARY SOURCES 2022

WEBSITES

  1. https://www.britannica.com/art/theater-building
    Classical, Medieval (Middle ages), Renaissance, Baroque (includes Neoclassical), Asian, 19th century Romanticism/Melodrama

  1. http://www.theatredatabase.com/
    Ancient to 21st century theatre searchable by time period

  1. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=cui
    Classical theatre (Greece and Rome), Medieval theatre, 16th – 18th Centuries (Renaissance, Neoclassical

  1. https://performerstuff.com/mgs/a-quick-theatre-history-time-line/
    includes some video clips (some have nothing to do with the period), and links to further articles

TIMELINES

  1. httpimages.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/a6/a5/je1208a2i-inp-121895.pdf
    Visual timeline on one page (brief overview)

  1. https://www.preceden.com/timelines/63130-theatre-styles-and-playwrights-timeline
    timeline

VIDEOS

  1. Crash Course Theater videos, available for ALL time periods. 
    Eg. “Thespis, Athens, and the Origin of Greek Theatre”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeTeK9kvxyo&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONXALkeh5uisZqrAcPKCee&index=3

There are FIVE different videos on various facets of Classical theatre, and SIX on the Renaissance/Shakespeare.   Videos available for ALL periods.

Students might need a hand selecting the video which best suits their needs, but this series is EXCELLENT, short, funny, and accurate.

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnJfGe6Ijw

  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NmD2TGKnY8