External Links which relate to this site
There are many hundreds of links throughout the site pointing to relevant websites but below are some useful links for Theatre and Music Hall Research.
If you would like to link to this site from your own site then please do so as it's always appreciated. There is no need to contact me about it unless you feel that a link to your own site would also be appropriate.
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Song Sheets and Music:
California Sheet Music Project
City of London Phonograph & Gramophone Society
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America
Tony Barker's "Music Hall" magazine & Cylidisc CDs.
Oxford University's online union library catalogue
Theatre Collections and Collecting:
Backstage - performing arts collections in the UK
Benjamin Pollock's Toy Theatres
Bristol University Theatre Collection
Glasgow University's Special Collections Department
The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection
Collect Britain - The British Library
The Linen Hall Library's Theatre & Performing Arts Archive holds a great deal of information on theatrical entertainment in Northern Ireland and also includes an Online Digital Archive.
V & A Theatre Collections Online
Theatre Postcards:
Maps:
Genmaps - Old Maps of Great Britain
Map of John Snow's London 1859
Charles Booth's Maps Descriptive of London Poverty
Theatre People:
Brunskill & Loveday LTD Scenery Builders Archive
Encyclopedia of Women of Theatre
Theatre, Cinema, Variety, and Music Hall Websites:
Brunskill & Loveday LTD Scenery Builders Archive
Cinema City and Beyond - info on Scottish Cinemas.
Collins Variety Agency - See also Here.
Footlight Notes - John Culme's
Famous London shows and musicals
Laughing Audience Theatrical Management and Research
Save London's Theatres Campaign
Society of London Theatre (SOLT)
SOLT's Official London Theatre Guide
Nick Hunt's Research on Strand Light Consoles
Theatres & Music Hall People - Indices of theatre and music-hall people, including licensees (first index) and owners, proprietors, architects, developers/promoters, contractors, decorators and builders (second index), complied by Graeme Cruikshank.
The London Music Hall Database
Visit Theatres - The Theatres Trust are creating a new site which will promote the tours offered by Theatre Buildings in Great Britain.
Sites that include Theatre History:
On this day in history from the BBC