English-Canadian Theatre, Eugene Benson & L.W. Conolly, Oxford University Press, 1987.

A Bibliography of Canadian Theatre History 1583-1975, John Ball and Anton Wagner, Toronto Playwrights Co-op, 1976.

Indigenous Performing and Ceremonial Arts in Canada, Edward Buller, Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, 1981.

The Canadian Encyclopedia, Hurtig, 1985.

Canadian National Theatre on the Air 1925-1961, Howard Fink with Brian Morrison, University of Toronto Press, 1983.

Playwrights Union of Canada Catalogue of Canadian Plays, Playwrights Union, 1985.

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre, Benson & Conolly, Oxford University Press, 1988.

The Complete Play Production Handbook, Carl Allensworth, Harper & Row, 1982.

Foreign Actors

Sir Henry Irving. Two speeches made in London by Mr. Choate and Mark Twain at a dinner to Sir Henry Irving. The New York Times, July 7, 1900.

Edwin Booth. Brief biography and two images - one of Booth in costume and one a portrait.

Canadian Stars

Marie Dressler. Two photos.

Canadian Playwrights

Robertson Davies. Companions of the Order of Canada Gallery. Image and extremely brief biography.

Mavor Moore. Companions of the Order of Canada Gallery. Image and extremely brief biography.

John Murrell. Guide to more print material.

Theatre Places in Canada

Stratford. About the Festival, the plays, programs offered and ticket ordering.

Shaw. About the Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, the plays, programs and ticket ordering.

Canadian Theatre Affiliates

Canada Council. Grants and awards offered by the Canada Council for filmmakers.

National Theatre School of Canada. A private, non-profit institution funded mainly through government grants that offers professional training in all of the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, scenography, and technical production.

Theatre Reviews

Stage Door Theatre Review.

Canadian Theatres and what's on. A clickable list of theatres with description of the playhouse and current repertoire.

Theatre Central. Theatre news, links and searches. Includes all of the performing arts. Canada and international.

Theatre History

Brief introduction to Ancient Greek Theater, timeline of Greek Drama, origins of Greek Drama, staging an ancient Greek play, Greek theaters, English and Greek texts of the plays for word searching, bibliography and links to other on-line resources for Greek tragedy.

Online images to augment the lecture notes to Theatre history course offered by Dr. Patrick Finelli.

Links to Roman, Greek, Elizabethan, Noh theatre.

Theatre through the ages. About the theatre, drama, context in the time period and related subjects.

Kabuki (Japanese theatre).

Le Theatre de Neptune. Context of the play, and a selection from the play.

Theatre Architechture

The stage plan of a proscenium arch theatre (Union Hall).

Le Ballet Comique de la Reine. Scenic Design.

Jobs in the Theatre

Individual resumes. See what kinds of qualifications people looking for jobs in the theater have.

Topics for Plays

Native arts. The art of storytelling.

Young Writer's club. Helping young people to write.

Musicals

Jekyll and Hyde Official Site.

Native Drama

The Symbolic Role of Animals in the Plains Indian Sun Dance. Essay. "For many tribes of Plains Indians whose bison-hunting culture flourished during the 18th and 19th centuries, the sun dance was the major communal religious ceremony."

About the Kwakiutl of Northwest British Columbia.

Ritual Kwakiutl Dancers. Sound clips.