Review of the London Stage Database

Authors

Fiona Ritchie, McGill UniversityFollow

Author Biography

Fiona Ritchie is Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre in the Department of English at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of gender and theatre history. She is the author of Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and the co-editor (with Peter Sabor) of Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Abstract

The London Stage Database is an open-access and open-source website that digitises the performance records contained in the print volumes of the London Stage, published in the 1960s. The database's flexible search function and intuitive interface open up new directions in research and will change the way we think about eighteenth-century theatre.

Keywords

database, London stage, eighteenth-century theatre

Recommended Citation

Ritchie, Fiona (2020) "Review of the London Stage Database," ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830: Vol.10: Iss.2, Article 3.
http://doi.org/10.5038/2157-7129.10.2.1242
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol10/iss2/3