Scholarly Organizations

Aphra Behn Society

Dedicated to encourging and advancing research that focuses on issues of gender and/or women’s role in the arts of early modern culture, circa 1660-1800

ASTR-L

Discussion list devoted to theatre history run by the American Society for Theatre Research. Subscribe by sending the message subscribe ASTR-L firstname lastname to listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu.

Centre National du Thèâtre

Documentation et information sur le paysage théâtral français : théâtres, compagnies, festivals, organismes de formation, métiers, partenaires institutionnels du théâtre, édition spécialisée... Conseil aux jeunes désirant suivre une formation initiale pour les métiers artistiques, techniques ou administratifs du spectacle. Conseil aux professionnels pour les problèmes touchant aux activités du spectacle : budgétaires, juridiques, fiscaux, droits d’auteurs... Mise en place d’actions ponctuelles visant à la promotion du théâtre

International Brecht Society

The IBS was founded in 1970 on the model of Bertolt Brecht’s own unrealized plans for a “Diderot Society”. A non-profit, educational organization with a world-wide membership, the Society promotes the performance and understanding of Brecht’s texts and addresses issues of politics and culture in contemporary life

International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)

IFTR/FIRT exists to promote collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research

International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA)

Medieval Renaisance Drama Society

Has a useful newsletter. Members also receive RORD (Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama

OScholars

Electronic journal devoted to the study of the works of Oscar Wilde

Ricardian online bookshelf

Richard III Society

Especially valuable is the Ricardian online bookshelf (see above), and the articles in the sction ‘Richard III Onstage and Off’

Shakespeare Oxford Society

No, it’s not a group of Oxford scholars, but a group committed to exploring the possibility that the plays of Shakespeare were written by the Earl of Oxford

Sociètè Internationale des Bibliothéques et des Musèes des Arts du Spectacle (SIBMAS)

International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

Thalia Germanica

International society for research into the history of German-language. Some theatre interests

The Magdalena Project

An international network of women in contemporary theatre

Theatre Library Association

New York