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A backstage pass to music, plays and performing arts texts on Bloomsbury databases

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

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WAAPA and School of Arts and Humanities will be well-served by the array of classic and contemporary treasures on Bloomsbury databases.

Speaking of classics…

Learn from the best, with recently enabled access to the Shakespeare Collections!

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Dive into a world of drama…with Drama Online

  • Drama Online Currency Press Collection

A diverse collection of over 300 plays. Currency Press is a leading Australian publisher of performing arts.

  • Drama Online Theatre Communications Group (TCG Books) Play Collection:

Showcasing diverse voices in contemporary American theatre. TCG Collection Includes numerous Pulitzer Prize winning works, and spans decades, genres and forms.

Please note direct access to Currency Press and TCG is through Drama Online listed under 'D' in ECU Library’s A-Z list of databases.

A little info on content and features:

  • Access full-text play scripts with contextual information, performance rights enquiry contacts
  • A growing list of contemporary Australian writers, plus older works and global content. There’s a focus on indigenous Australian content, too.
  • Shakespeare Collection access has also been enabled.
  • Supplementary educational materials including critical essays
  • Content is categorised, tagged and hyperlinked for quick navigation.
  • Print off texts scene by scene, for study and performances.
  • And, explore Currency Press’ ‘Play tools’: summaries, character grids, word and speech counts.

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Bloomsbury: Popular Music and Sound eBook Collection

On this digital hub for music and sound studies, find credible content including contextual research from scholars, critics, and experts, alongside dynamic learning tools.

It comprises:

  • a multi-volume encyclopedia and timeline of global popular music, and, music studies texts
  • specially commissioned research, subject guides and artist biographies
  • ethnomusicology, performing arts, media and communication, cultural studies

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Bloomsbury’s Drama Online is listed under 'D' in ECU Library’s A-Z list of databases.

Bloomsbury: Popular Music and Sound is listed under 'B' in ECU Library’s A-Z list of databases.

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