Further reading (with National Library shelfmarks)
- 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
- Lawson, Robb, The story of the Scots stage, Paisley, 1917, TheC.16
- Peter, Bruce, Scotland's splendid theatres, Edinburgh, 1999, TheC.28.P
- A collection of pamphlets on the establishment of the Theatre Royal in 1767, RB.l.46
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 - 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 - Theatre Museum. Britain's national 'Museum of the Performing Arts'.
http://theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk/ - The WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama.
http://vl-theatre.com/ - Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Edinburgh/TheatreRoyal.htm - Early American Secular Music and its European Sources
http://www.colonialdancing.org/Easmes/Biblio/B038764.htm - The History of Tom Thumb by Susan Bauer
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/TTEssay.htm