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2 THEATRE & DRAMA Theatre and Drama Alexander Street drama collections capture the depth and diversity of drama in all of its forms, from the stage to the screen. These resources fill an important gap in scholarship by delivering not only the best-known names in drama, but also works by and about oftenoverlooked groups, including African Americans, women, and a range of world cultures. In addition to cornerstone text-based resources, Alexander Street provides curated video and audio dramatic performances that give students and scholars a rounded view of this powerful art form. Broad-ranging content includes video of live performances, audio recordings, previously unpublished works from acclaimed playwrights, film scripts, reference materials, photographs, performance posters, playbills, and much more. 2 Alexander Street

3 Audio & Video While the texts of plays can serve as lasting documents, the productions are ephemeral; a live performance is gone when the curtain falls. And yet the collaborative elements of theatre in performance the work of the actors, directors, and designers have tremendous scholarly and educational value long after a production closes. Now, faculty, scholars, and patrons of the performing arts will be able to revisit great performances again and again, and these landmark events can become a permanent part of the curriculum. Theatre in Video: Volume I Theatre in Video: Volume I brings together hundreds of the world s most important plays, video documentaries, interviews, and instructional materials in more than 500 hours of streaming video. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. From celebrated productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage of the work of Samuel Beckett, the collection covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions. Theatre in Video: Volume II Theatre in Video: Volume II features 400 hours of additional classic and contemporary plays and documentaries. With a greater focus on contemporary and international productions, Theatre in Video: Volume II offers a simple way for libraries to acquire highly valued and often difficult-to-find performances. Users can view the works of widely studied playwrights and theatre artists from around the globe, including many new performances from Shakespeare s Globe Theatre collection (Opus Arte), Theatre Arts Films, the BBC, and TMW Media Group. This collection is a must-have for any Performing Arts department, as well as English departments studying narrative, structure, and literary adaptation, or scholars of History, Psychology, Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Sociology, and more. Asian Theater Video Bundle The Asian Theater Video Bundle is an instant-access, streaming video bundle of 27 films and instructional programs, perfect for introductory and advanced studies in Asian culture. By gathering the top videos in the field into one online database, the bundle provides students and faculty with a survey of the cultures and artistic accomplishments of a multitude of Asian countries. Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection This collection delivers more than 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio from the curated archive of the nation s premiere radio theatre company. Performed by leading actors specifically for online listening, the plays include some of the most significant dramatic literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. 3

4 THEATRE & DRAMA Text and Reference Every production begins with an idea and a script. Alexander Street Drama collections feature the texts of the world s most important writers and thinkers, with special focus on under- represented groups in the world of theatre and drama. Among these collections, scholars of the arts will find hundreds of valuable resources to help them understand the works presented and the process that goes into the roles they see on stage and screen. North American Theatre Online This online collection combines more than 40,000 pages of renowned reference works, along with new data on nearly 30,000 plays, 22,000 productions, 57,000 people, 5,400 theaters, and 2,500 production companies, plus thousands of best-of-web theatre sites. Important reference works most published electronically here for the first time include O Dell s Annals of the New York Stage and Greenwood s American Theatre Companies series. A wide range of theatre ephemera, including tens of thousands of images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks, and other visual materials many of them from private collections are particularly valuable for historical research. Overall this is an excellent site. Users should appreciate having so much information pulled together for them.... Highly recommended. CHOICE 4 Alexander Street

5 Black Drama, Second Edition: African, African American, and Diaspora Two-time winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award This collection contains the full text of 1,450 plays by more than 200 playwrights from North America, Africa, the Caribbean, and other regions. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, out of print, or previously unpublished. Writers include Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Adrienne Kennedy, Amiri Baraka, Pearl Cleage, Derek Walcott, and Zora Neale Hurston. The plays are Essential. All users, all levels. CHOICE Highly recommended. Library Journal Relevant across many disciplines. School Library Journal All libraries will find this resource extremely valuable. Charleston Advisor accompanied by reference materials, theatre ephemera (including playbills and production photographs), a rich performance database, and a wealth of other visual materials. James Vernon Hatch, curator of the landmark Hatch- Billops Collection, is the project s editorial advisor. North American Women s Drama This online collection brings the plays of more than 300 women the attention they deserve, with the full text of 1,500 works written from colonial times to the present by American and Canadian writers, plus an extensive range of related reference and performance information. This wonderful resource gives voice to the frequently overlooked history of women s drama.... Highly recommended. CHOICE Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print, and almost a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays. Authors in the collection include Marsha Norman, Sophie Treadwell, Rachel Crothers, Gertrude Stein, Susan Sontag, Nora Ephron, Emily Mann, Maria Irene Fornes, and many more. Asian American Drama Strongly recommended. Reference Reviews This collection contains more than 250 plays 50 percent of them never before published along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information. It includes works by writers of Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Chinese descent as well as plays by American writers of Hawaiian, Indian, Thai, Korean, Persian, and Malaysian ancestry. Together, these plays offer a fascinating window on the experience of assimilation, integration, and cultural identity. The collection begins with the works of Sadakichi Hartmann in the late 19th century and progresses to the writings of contemporary playwrights, such as Philip Kan Gotanda, Elizabeth Wong, and Jeannie Barroga. Request a free trial alexanderstreet.com 5

6 THEATRE & DRAMA Twentieth Century North American Drama A 2004 Library Journal Best Reference Winner Twentieth Century North American Drama brings together the complete works of more than 400 major North American playwrights from the early 1900s through today. Alongside the works of the most successful mainstream writers of the century are the lesser-known, but equally important, works of African Americans, Asian Americans, gay and lesbian writers, and others. Hundreds of unpublished plays, production information, playbills, and theatre details round out the collection. At least 550 of the works have never been published before, in any format, and are available only in this collection. Important playwrights include Sam Shepard, Horton Foote, William Saroyan, August Wilson, David Rabe, Beth Henley, George Kaufman, Neil LaBute, Doug Wright, Garson Kanin, David Mamet, Anna Deavere Smith, and John Guare. North American Indian Drama With more than 250 plays representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights, this collection contains scores of otherwise inaccessible dramatic works from the 1930s through to the modern day. The collection includes plays produced by the Native American Theatre Ensemble (NATE) and other experimental companies of the 1970s and 1980s. Native groups represented here include the Cherokee, Métis, Creek, Choctaw, Chippewa, Ojibway, Samoan, Comanche, Cree, Navajo, and more. Among the playwrights in the collection are Hanay Geiogamah, Yvette Nolan, Drew Hayden Taylor, and LeAnne Howe. PACKAGES The Alexander Street Drama Package Alexander Street Drama contains more than 5,000 full-text plays PLUS the powerful North American Theatre Online reference collection. Approximately 85 percent of the plays in Alexander Street Drama are in copyright you won t find them free anywhere on the Web. More than 40 percent have never been published anywhere else, in any format, so you won t see these works in print or find them in any library. The individual full-text play collections in this cross-searchable, money-saving package include: PACKAGE Asian American Drama Black Drama, Second Edition Plays from Latino Literature North American Indian Drama North American Theatre Online North American Women s Drama Twentieth Century North American Drama Request a free trial alexanderstreet.com 6 Alexander Street

7 About Our Streaming Video Synchronous, scrolling transcripts Search the entire archive for a single word and jump right to it High-speed streaming video automatically adjusts to your bandwidth Intuitive video editor: Create, annotate, and share clips and playlists, then easily slide into a syllabus or LMS PLUS Powerful browsing facets: Discover new content while you search and explore Hyper-targeted search: Zoom straight to the results you re looking for Unparalleled support: Connect with a dedicated Account Manager, video tutorials, and more Citation generator: Export instantly in APA, Chicago, and MLA Sophisticated admin portal: Track title and subject statistics with 24- hour currency Coming soon! Outbound discovery: Access relevant web content within the interface 7

8 Theatre in Video: Volume I Theatre in Video: Volume II Asian Theater Video Bundle North American Theatre Online Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection Black Drama, Second Edition: African, African American, and Diaspora North American Women s Drama Asian American Drama Twentieth Century North American Drama North American Indian Drama learn more at alexanderstreet.com