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London's Royal Opera House: Historic Building, Cultural Center, Home to Great Artists

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Helen McCarthy

The Elizabethan "University Wits": Marlowe, Kyd, Green, Lyle: Important English Renaissance Playwrights

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Ellen Wilson

Webster's Women: The Portrayal of Vittoria in Act 1 of the White Devil

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Julia Dean

Deborah Kerr - The English Rose: Star of From Here to Eternity, The Sundowners, The King and I

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Frances Spiegel

Biography of Singer Marni Nixon: The Voice of Hollywood Musicals - Ghostess with the Mostess

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Frances Spiegel

The Astaires in London: Fred and Adele's Conquest of Britain

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

Who Was Binkie Beaumont? The Self-Effacing Impresario

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

The Triumph of Binkie Beaumont: Successor to HM Tennent

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

Promenade Concerts after 1950: A Worldwide Music Festival

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Frances Spiegel

Promenade Concerts before 1950: Robert Newman, Sir Henry Wood and the BBC Proms

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Frances Spiegel

The Revenger's Tragedy Film: A Cyberpunk Version of a Seventeenth-Century Horror Play

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Feature Writer Jem Bloomfield

Poison and Catholicism: Murder and Religion in Renaissance Revenge Drama

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Feature Writer Jem Bloomfield

Jonson's Comedies: Cynical Urban Humour from a Shakespeare Contemporary

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Feature Writer Jem Bloomfield

Ben Jonson's The Alchemist: Elizabethan Farce with a Sly Message

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Feature Writer Jem Bloomfield

Revenge Tragedies: Gory Renaissance Horror Plays

In: Renaissance Theatre

By: Feature Writer Jem Bloomfield

Ellen Terry: her "interesting and singular" youth

In: Victorian Theatre

By: Beverley Davies

Robert Walpole: British Censorship: How the Licensing Act of 1737 Changed Theatre in England

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

'Straight Face' by Nigel Hawthorne: Review of British Stage Actor and Yes, Minister Star's Autobiography

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

Dame Margaret Rutherford: Actress Starred in Chimes at Midnight, The VIPs, Miss Marple

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

Young Margaret Rutherford: Eccentric British Actress Had Curious Start

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Beverley Davies

Canadian Theatre History Books: An essential bibliography for Canadian theatre lovers.

In: Theatre History (general)

By: Sarah B. Hood

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