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FURTHER READING (with National Library shelf marks)

  • Bolton, H. Philip, Plays from Sir Walter Scott’s Narrative Poems and Novels for which playbills exist in the National Library of Scotland, H8.86.646
  • Dibdin, James C. Annals of the Edinburgh Stage, Edinburgh, 1888, TheC.28
  • Findlay, Bill (ed.), A History of Scottish Theatre, Edinburgh, 1998, TheC.28.F
  • Mackenzie, Donald, Scotland’s first national theatre, Edinburgh, 1963, TheC.28.M
  • Sketch of the history of the Edinburgh Theatre-Royal, prepared for this evening of its final closing, May 25, 1859, Edinburgh, 1859, 3.1697(4)
  • Worth, Christopher, “‘A very nice Theatre at Edinr.’: Sir Walter Scott and Control of the Theatre Royal’, Theatre Research International 17, no. 2 (1992), 86-95, HJ4.1937

LINKS

    Theatres and Theatre Companies
  • Traverse Theatre. The Traverse focuses on new writing and the development of contemporary theatre in Scotland. An informative and up-to-date website.
    http://www.traverse.co.uk/
  • Festival / King's Theatres. What’s on at two of Edinburgh’s leading theatres. Allows you to book online.
    http://www.eft.co.uk/
  • Bedlam Theatre. The home of Edinburgh University Theatre Company, and a well-known Edinburgh venue for smaller productions.
    http://www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/
  • Royal Lyceum. Includes a history of this prestigious theatre and company, and provides current information about performances.
    http://www.lyceum.org.uk/frames/home00.html
  • Royal Shakespeare Company. Information about one of Britain’s most famous touring theatre companies.
    http://www.rsc.org.uk/
    Research sites
  • Backstage. A database with information about collections relating to the performing arts throughout the UK.
    http://www.backstage.ac.uk/index_html
  • Scottish Theatre Archive. Part of Glasgow University’s department of Special Collections, the Scottish Theatre Archive is a centre for theatre research. The site provides an expanding catalogue of the documents in the archive.
    http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STA/index.html
  • Plymouth Library's theatre archive. This library has digitised a wide range of photographs and images relating to the theatre in Plymouth.
    http://www.applausesw.org/
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