English Literature->Drama->By period->17th century/Restoration
English Literature->Drama->By period->18th century
English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts
English Literature->Theory & Studies->Theatre Studies
General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts

This website attempts to approach plays as not simply a printed text, but a dramatic performance that is seen and heard, as well as read—a “world” that exists in several dimensions. Various aspects of this “world” are looked into, and the division of sub-categories is as follows:

1. Timeline: A chronological timeline that shows the history (and development) of the London Theater, from Pre-1660 to 1800 and after.
2. Places: A map shows the streets of London in the year 1762, and various places, and their significance, are introduced in detail.
3. WWW: Electronic links to additional internet resources are given.
4. Bibliography: A bibliography of helpful written resources.
5. London Life: Quotes from texts which depict the contemporary life in London in the years 1660-1800, from topics such as the situation of women to the use of wigs.
6. People: An alphabetical list of people who influenced the London theater, either as actors/actresses, playwrights, producers, and critics, etc. Pictures are shown for visual aid.
7. Pictures: Pictures of people, costumes, theaters, advertisements, etc. Quality of pictures is not great.
8. Plays: A brief introduction of some Restoration and 18th-century plays, with links to critical discussions for some.
9. Casts: The year in which the respective plays were opened and the venue in which they were performed, along with the original cast is shown here.
10. Comments: Some comments on Wilmot, Earl of Rochester are provided.
11. Production Arts: Technical aspects, such as lighting and scenic design, that were used in the British theaters in the 18th-century are discussed here.
12. Reviews(Modern Productions): Reviews of contemporary productions and revivals can be read.

The website is generally very helpful and provides some very interesting facts and details. The user interface, however, is not exquisite, and much improvement could be made in the font, the layout, the quality of images, etc. Leaving such shortcomings aside, the website will prove to be useful for those studying the history of the British theater.

URL : http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/~pcraddoc/lonmen1.html

Keyword(s) : Theatre and drama , London theater , British Plays , London life

English Literature->Journals
English Literature->Drama->By period->Medieval, Middle English(1066-1500)
English Literature->Drama->By period->English renaissance(1500-1640)
English Literature->Drama->By period->17th century/Restoration
English Literature->Drama->By period->18th century
English Literature->Drama->By period->19th century
English Literature->Drama->By period->20th century

Connotations is an on-line journal for the field of English Literature (from the Middle English period to the present). This is an international journal and it focuses on semantic and stylistic energy of language of literature in a historical perspective. It tries to show different approaches in studies. In this journal, there are issues and for each issue, there are articles and a forum for discussion. If you are interested in this forum, please click "The Connotations Society for Critical Debate".

The lastest volume is the one of December 2006[accessed: January 2007]. If you click "What's New" you can read the articles on this volume. The linking part shows the names of author and the title, and published date and page in the volume. And if you click "Contents of all published Volumes," you can see all past volumes on-line. However, some of the articles are not on-line but just gives its archive information.

The interesting section is "Selected Debates." It divides articles according to its theme. For example, there is a theme such as "The Last Moments of Hamlet," and there are articles like these: Brown's "Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments of Hamlet", Dieter's "Hamlet's Last Moments: A Note on John Russell Brown", Holger's "Hamlet and After", and so on.

Especially for Shakespeare, there is an independent section, "Shakespeare," and here, the articles are divided according to the plays.

URL : http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/connotations/start.htm

Keyword(s) : drama, shakespeare, journal, critic

English Literature->Drama->By period->17th century/Restoration
General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts

This site gives information on English comedies of the Restoration period (1660 until 1718).

The provied related links would be helpful to reasearch the comedies written during the Restoration and the critical edition of significant comedies of that period.

URL : http://alojamientos.us.es/restoration/

Keyword(s) : Restoration, English comedies, Restoration comedy, English Drama

General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts
English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
English Literature->Drama->By period->17th century/Restoration

This web site is from a course held at the University of St. Andrews.

It offers information and links on the historical background, theatres, actors and theatre companies and critics of the Restoration period.

URL : http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_se/murray/Restoration/Front.html

Keyword(s) : Restoration, Restoration Theatre, 17th century theater

General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts
English Literature->Drama->By period->17th century/Restoration
English Literature->Drama->By period->18th century
English Literature->Drama->By period->19th century
English Literature->Literary History
English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film

This website is a part of the London Metropolitan Archives. This site provides an overview of the history of London theatres as well as prints and architectural plans of London theatres. Visitors can access useful theater related sources also.

URL : http://cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/lma_learning/theatrelands/

Keyword(s) : Theater, London theatres, 17th century theatre, 18th century theatre, London, Drama