Drama
This guide provides selected resources available to you through UCalgary Library and the Internet
The University of Calgary's drama collection is located on the sixth floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library. It includes audio recordings (Streaming, CD's, LP's,etc.), videos, books, periodicals and printed & plays.
Key Resources
- International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full TextInternational Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD) expands on the 16-year coverage of its multi-volume predecessor with an additional 100,000 articles, essays and book chapters mined from internationally selected publications in drama, dance, media, mime, mixed entertainment, storytelling, music-drama, and puppetry.
- International Index to the Performing ArtsInternational Index of Performing Arts (IIPA) Full Text is the only online resource covering the performing arts. It enables you to search and browse citations, abstracts and selected full text in a comprehensive range of journals. A variety of subjects is covered, including dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performance art.
- Play IndexIndex to more than 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present; includes mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama.
- Digital Theatre +Digital Theatre+ is the world’s leading educational platform for the study of performing arts and dramatic texts with unlimited access to thousands of full-length productions and educational resources.
Key Streaming Platforms
- Theatre in VideoTheatre in Video: Volume I contains hundreds of videos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions.
- NFB (National Film Board of Canada)
NFB.ca is the National Film Board of Canada's online screening room, featuring thousands of films, excerpts, trailers and interactive works. New content is added weekly and the collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films and fiction. - HiBrow
Featuring Hollywood actors and directors, prima ballerinas, virtuosi, writers, thinkers, painters and poets.