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| + | =='''[[Off The Wall Plays]]'''== | ||
| + | [[Off The Wall Plays]] is a company that publishes and distributes online play texts and film scripts. | ||
| + | See http://offthewallplays.com/search-plays/south-african-play-scripts/ | ||
| + | =='''[[The Online Books Page]]'''== | ||
| + | This is a marvellous online listing over 2 million free books on the Web, an extremely useful source for finding rare and "lost" titles and texts of plays performed and published, also in South Africa. | ||
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| + | According to the website '''''The Online Books Page''''' "is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. | ||
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| + | Major parts of the site include: | ||
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| + | 1 An index of over two million online books freely readable on the Internet | ||
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| + | 2 Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts | ||
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| + | 3 Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books | ||
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| + | 4 Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books" | ||
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| + | About the '''nature and history''' of the site, the website says: | ||
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| + | "The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the content of the site. Alison Miner is Associate Editor. | ||
| + | The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one). | ||
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| + | The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!)." | ||
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| + | '''WEB ADDRESS:''' '''http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/''' | ||
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| + | =='''[[ONSTAGE]]'''== | ||
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| + | ''[[ONSTAGE]]'' is an Online Datasystem of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to the present, hosted by the University of Amsterdam. The website describes the purpose of the site as follows: ''"This is your address for questions about the repertoire, performances, popularity and revenues of the cultural program in Amsterdam’s public theatre during the period 1637 - 1772. All data provided in this system links to archival source materials in contemporary administration."'' | ||
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| + | '''Website: http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/onstage''' | ||
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| + | ==The '''[[ Operetta Research Center]]'''== | ||
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| + | The [[Operetta Research Center]] (also known as the [[Operetta Research Center Amsterdam]] or [[ORCA]]) is based in Amsterdam and Berlin, and is an initiative of the musicologist Kevin Clarke and other musical theatre researchers around the world, devoted to the history of the genre. It aims to serve as an online archive on the genre, as well as a publicity channel for producers and companies, aiming to keep interested people informed about new productions and CD/DVD releases and publications. This is done through its website, conferences and a newsletter. | ||
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| + | '''Website''': '''http://operetta-research-center.org''' | ||
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Off The Wall Plays
Off The Wall Plays is a company that publishes and distributes online play texts and film scripts.
See http://offthewallplays.com/search-plays/south-african-play-scripts/
The Online Books Page
This is a marvellous online listing over 2 million free books on the Web, an extremely useful source for finding rare and "lost" titles and texts of plays performed and published, also in South Africa.
According to the website The Online Books Page "is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
Major parts of the site include:
1 An index of over two million online books freely readable on the Internet
2 Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts
3 Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books
4 Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books"
About the nature and history of the site, the website says:
"The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the content of the site. Alison Miner is Associate Editor. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one).
The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!)."
WEB ADDRESS: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
ONSTAGE
ONSTAGE is an Online Datasystem of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to the present, hosted by the University of Amsterdam. The website describes the purpose of the site as follows: "This is your address for questions about the repertoire, performances, popularity and revenues of the cultural program in Amsterdam’s public theatre during the period 1637 - 1772. All data provided in this system links to archival source materials in contemporary administration."
Website: http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/onstage
The Operetta Research Center
The Operetta Research Center (also known as the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam or ORCA) is based in Amsterdam and Berlin, and is an initiative of the musicologist Kevin Clarke and other musical theatre researchers around the world, devoted to the history of the genre. It aims to serve as an online archive on the genre, as well as a publicity channel for producers and companies, aiming to keep interested people informed about new productions and CD/DVD releases and publications. This is done through its website, conferences and a newsletter.
Website: http://operetta-research-center.org
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