Figure 1
Plan of the theatre of Taormine, anonymous, 1778. Collection Rijksmuseum, http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.473783.
Figure 2
Graph of European theatre databases, sorted according to geographical and temporal scope. In the left column the selected databases are clustered according to their geographical scope. A total of seven data projects are not limited by national boundaries, but adopt a worldwide scope. On the other hand, four databases focus on theatre history within the Netherlands, for example. The datasets in each geographical cluster are also sorted according to the time period covered by their data. The aforementioned APGRD Productions Database, for instance, is displayed as the first dataset with a worldwide scope, because its data collection goes further back in time than the other ‘worldwide’ databases. While the names of the performing arts databases are displayed in abbreviated form here, the full project names can be found in Table 1, below. The sequence of the databases in Table 1 corresponds with the order of projects in Figure 2.
Table 1
List of European theatre databases, sorted in accordance with Figure 2.
| Database Name (Long) | URL | Country of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| APGRD Productions Database | http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/research-collections/performance-database/productions | United Kingdom |
| Theatrescapes Research Tool | http://www.theatrescapes.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/ | Germany |
| Dezede | https://dezede.org/ | France |
| Les Archives du Spectacle | http://www.lesarchivesduspectacle.net/? | France |
| AusStage | http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/browse/ | Australia |
| Exile Remains Database | https://web.archive.Org/web/20181127065743/http://www.hispanicexile.bham.ac.uk/ | United Kingdom |
| IbsenStage | https://ibsenstage.hf.uio.no/ | Norway |
| Theadok | https://theadok.at/ | Austria |
| ASP@sia | http://www.aml-cfwb.be/aspasia/accueil | Belgium |
| Belgium Is Happening | https://sites.google.com/site/belgiumishappening/home | Belgium |
| Kunstenpunt | http://data.kunsten.be/ | Belgium |
| Prague National Theatre Repertoire Inventory | http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/ | Czech Republic |
| National Theatre Brno Archive | http://stary.ndbrno.cz/o-divadle/online-archiv | Czech Republic |
| ATI's Theatre Productions Database | http://vis.idu. cz/Productions. aspx | Czech Republic |
| Sirkka Database | http://sirkusinfo.fi/en/circus-in-finland/sirkka-database/ | Finland |
| CESAR Database | https://cesar.huma-num.fr/cesar2/home.php | United Kingdom |
| Comedie-Fran^aise Registers Project | https://cfregisters.Org/#l/ | France |
| Wurzburger Theaterzettel | http://theaterzettel.franconica.uni-wuerzburg.de/ | Germany |
| Archive of the National Theatre of Greece | http://www.nt-archive.gr/ | Greece |
| Performance Archive of the National Theatre of Northern Greece | http://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=23 | Greece |
| PLAYOGRAPHYIreland | http://www.irishplayography.com/ | Ireland |
| Abbey Theatre's Performance Database | https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/browse_performance_database/ | Ireland |
| In Reprise | http://inreprise.org/ | Netherlands |
| ONSTAGE: Online Datasystem of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to the Present | http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/onstage/ | Netherlands |
| Operatic Productions in the Netherlands Database | https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zcy-g3pt | Netherlands |
| TIN Theaterencyclopedie | http://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Hoofdpagina | Netherlands |
| Sceneweb | http://sceneweb.no/en/ | Norway |
| Nationaltheatret's Performance Archive | http://forest.nationaltheatret.no/ | Norway |
| Encyclopedia of Polish Theatre | http://www.encyklopediateatru.pl/ | Poland |
| e-teatr.pl | https://e-teatr.pl/archiwum | Poland |
| Digital Archive Puppet Theatre Banialuka | http://www.cyfrowa-banialuka.pl/ | Poland |
| STAR Database: Repertory Theatre in Romania | http://www.cimec.ro/Teatre/Star_Home_eng.htm | Romania |
| DOMINO Database: Premiere Music and Choreography in Romania | http://www.cimec.ro/scripts/Muzica/Premiere/selPREM.asp | Romania |
| eTHEATRE.SK | http://etheatre.sk/du_vademecum/ | Slovakia |
| Out of the Wings: Spanish and Spanish American Theatres in Translation | http://www.outofthewings.org/ | United Kingdom |
| CATCOM: Database of Comedies Mentioned in Theatrical Documentation | http://catcom.uv.es/consulta/ | Spain |
| Scendatabasen: The Swedish Database for Theatre, Dance and Opera | http://www.scendatabasen.se/Default.aspx | Sweden |
| Les Archives du Grand Theatre de Geneve | http://archives.geneveopera.ch/accueil | Switzerland |
| The London Stage Database | http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/LondonStage/Database | United Kingdom |
| Royal Opera House Performance Database | http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/Performances.aspx | United Kingdom |
| Playbills of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh | http://digital.nls.uk/playbills/index.html | United Kingdom |
| East London Theatre Archive | http://www.elta-project.org/ | United Kingdom |
| The Shakespeare Train | http://www.ellenterryarchive.hull.ac.uk/shakespeare | United Kingdom |
| Royal Shakespeare Company Performances | http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances | United Kingdom |
| National Theatre Black Plays Archive | http://www.blackplaysarchive.org.ulV | United Kingdom |
| Staging Beckett | https://www.reading.ac.uk/staging-beckett/ | United Kingdom |
| National Theatre Archive | http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Default.aspx? | United Kingdom |
| Internet UK Theatre Database | https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/ | United Kingdom |