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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dance Theatre of Harlem

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Dance Theatre of Harlem is this segment from A Walk Through Harlem.
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Uk Theatres on Line: Theatre Royal Windsor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official site of the British regional drama company, Theatre Royal Windsor. It features information on events, history, booking, and much more.
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Goethe-Institut

German Theatre From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German theatre sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German theatre, new drama from Germany, theatre projects world-wide, and even brief descriptions...
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Jack Wolcott: Vide Occasions: Theatre History on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site offers links to the history of British theatre including the Classics, Medieval and Renaissance, Elizabethan, 17th, 18th, 19th Century, Contemporary, and Non-Western theatre. It also provides links to theatre...
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The Elizabethan Theatre Lecture by Hilda Spear

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture and slides traces the history of the Elizabeth theater through a variety of topics: London, inn-yards, great halls, outdoor theatres, performances, indoor threatres, theatre and drama, actors, acting, and audience. These...
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PBS

Pbs: Masterpiece Theatre: American Collection: The Song of the Lark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features teaching resources to accompany Willa Cather's work entitled "The Song of the Lark," which was dramatized as part of the PBS series, Masterpiece Theatre. [Requires QuickTime Movie.]
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Ford's Theatre: Remembering Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, has curated hundreds of artefacts from the night he was killed to the months of mourning that followed. Primary sources in this collection include newspaper articles, memorial...
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NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Reader's Theatre [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Reader's Theatre is explained in this manual and a number of scripts for children's stories and rhymes are included. There are two scripts in other languages - Dogrib and French.
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Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online: History of Theatres

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an in-depth history of the Elizabethan Theatre. It contains sections that are specifically about the Rose, Swan, and Globe Theatres.
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Children's Museum

Adventure in Theatre: Fun Things to Know About Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is broken into fifteen separate topics covering all aspects of the theatre, including basic information on what a play is and what the theatre is to more in depth information on props, stage makeup, and scene design.
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University of Pennsylvania

Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
This full e-text version of Lady Gregory's "Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography" also includes the appendices and footnotes for the work, as well as illustrations of original manuscript pages.
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Other

Theatre History on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive list of links to historical information, current practices, and to all aspects of drama and theatre. It truly is a treasure trove for theatre historians and students of the theatre's history.
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Other

Children's Theatre: Creative Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
A playwright's website that explores various aspects of children's theatre. Includes definitions, lesson plans, books and plenty of ideas.
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Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: Drew Hayden Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Drew Hayden Taylor is an aboriginal Canadian playwright who has also taught and directed in native theatre companies. This is a good synopsis of his career.
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Northern Virginia Community College

Introduction to Theatre: The Elizabethan Stage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site mainly discusses the Elizabethan Theatres. It gives statistics about the various theatres of that time period, and provides interesting information about them. Some information on William Shakespeare is also provided.
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to many of the original Mercury Theatre of the Air broadcasts, with Orsen Welles, John Houseman, Agnes Moorehead and others. Also on the site you can find broadcasts of many of the programs from Campbell Playhouse, which is what...
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PBS

Pbs: Masterpiece Theatre: Kingsley Amis

For Students 9th - 10th
This Public Broadcasting Service(PBS) biography of Kingsley Amis also offers a synopsis of the film version of the work used in Masterpiece Theatre. Short, but offers a good overview of the author's life.
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Northern Virginia Community College

Nova: Introduction to Theatre: Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents outline notes on Romanticism in the theatre. It lists and describes the main characteristics of Romanticism, lists some of the main actors of the Romantic period, and includes some general information about the...
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Northern Virginia Community College

Introduction to Theatre Plot

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains, in outline form, Aristotle's "six parts of a tragedy." The Plot is discussed in length on this site. The author goes into the exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution of the plot.
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Other

American Association of Community Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Website of a national group that advocates community theater, with tips, links, jobs, play sources and membership info and benefits.
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Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: Great Canadian Theatre Company

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Canadian Theatre Co. is important because they not only present new Canadian work, but also stresses the importance of examining the Canadian way of life and how we exist in the world.
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Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: One Yellow Rabbit

For Students 9th - 10th
One Yellow Rabbit produces experimental, new, and progressive theatre. Their mandate and past shows are listed here.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Group Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry about The Group Theatre that discusses its early productions and eventual demise. Also includes links to information about many of the influential people to come out of The Group Theatre, including Lee Strasberg,...
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Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: The Shaw Festival

For Students 9th - 10th
Specializing in the work of George Bernard Shaw, the Shaw Festival is one of the biggest theatre festivals in Canada. History and links are here.

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