Performing Arts

Dance

under construction

Includes television and cinema

under construction (For Shakespeare and drama considered as literature see Language and Literature)

Bringing together materials that are widely scattered or privately held, this promising digital; research collection; presents archival and museum resources, essays, images, electronic texts, dictionary-type entries, music, and videos documenting the history of one of the most popular and significant forms of entertainment in the US. The banner across the top of the landing page gives access to brief essays on major enterprises, entrepreneurs, showmen, performers, famous animals, circus acts, music, transportation, show venues, and marketing. Though many links in these essays are still blank, the entry for Black Diamond (in the Animals category) offers the fascinating story of how the famous elephant avenged the removal of his beloved manager and demonstrates the potential delights of the site. -- Choice

Web author Julie Zetterberg has collected perhaps the most comprehensive site on costume on the Internet today. -- Choice

Well-organized, informative, and user friendly, this Web site focuses on a broad variety of topics related to clothing in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Leed is a serious costume enthusiast, so the site covers a huge amount of information (some later than the Elizabethan period) through numerous links to articles within the site and to other solid Elizabethan/Renaissance Web sites (this said, a number of links no longer work). –- Choice