Research Guides: Theatre 104: The Theatre Experience (Brewer): Web Resources

Costuming Web Resources

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Online
Search by item and then use the limiting options to filter your results. Follow the link to the 'advanced search' to see more options for filtering results.
V&A Fashion Collection
From here you can search the V&A's collection of fashion that cover 500 years of dress around the world.
Natiional Theatre Online Exhibits
See discussion of various aspects of behind the scenes work through Google Arts & Culture Exhibits from productions at the National Theatre.
Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
A rare collection of original materials on the theatre comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.
Europeana Collections - Fashion
Explore fashion – historical clothing and accessories, contemporary designs, catwalk photographs, drawings, sketches, plates, catalogues and videos – from more than 30 European public and private institutions.

Scenic Design Web Resources

Theatrecrafts.com
A developing resource for students, theatre technicians, designers and practitioners.Search or browse by topic or specific shows and look at images and videos for information and inspiration.
Theatre Links - Set Design
Links to personal sites for individual scenic designers. There are some broken links, but there are some great examples for the designers listed.

Hair & Makeup Web Resources

Your best bet for hair and makeup resources for the theatre is to look at the databases to the left and browse images from shows. We also have a significant number of eBook resources on makeup and hair, so head over to the eBook page to get more info on searching our collections.

Theatre Marketing Web Resources

Playbill - Poster Shop
A less traditional place to look for inspiration, but a good place to see recent posters and window cards for current shows of all kinds.
Discover dot Broadway
Find official sites for Broadway shows. Great resource for looking at online marketing for shows that goes beyond posters and playbills.

Theatre 104: The Theatre Experience (Brewer)

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Scenic Design Web Resources

Hair & Makeup Web Resources

Theatre Marketing Web Resources

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