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Page 1: Funded by: © AHDS Arts and Humanities Data Service RSC London, November 2004 Alastair Dunning Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive King’s College

Funded by:

© AHDS

Arts and Humanities Data Service

RSC London, November 2004

Alastair Dunning

Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive

King’s College London

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© AHDS

     

How is the AHDS Organised?

• Established in 1996• AHDS Executive (King’s College, London)

• AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (Uni. Of Oxford)

• AHDS History (Uni. Of Essex)

• AHDS Archaeology (Uni. Of York)

• AHDS Performing Arts (Uni. of Glasgow)

• AHDS Visual Arts (Surrey Inst. of Art and Design)

• Funded by the JISC and the AHRB

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What does the AHDS do? • Advises on the creation of digital data• Collects, preserves and distributes

high-quality digital resources for research and teaching

• These resources are free for educational and private use

• Generally available online

• Today’s presentation focuses on AHDS Performing Arts, AHDS Visual Arts

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Designing Shakespeare• 40 years of Shakespearian performance

at London and Stratford

• http://performingarts.ahds.ac.uk/designing-shakespeare

• Cast lists and play details, photographs of performance, video and audio interviews with directors and designers, virtual reality recreations of sets

• Nearly 1100 performances catalogued

• Search and browse capabilities

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Designing Shakespeare

• Three ready-made tutorials– Politics and Performance of Place - looking at

a two productions that use visual metaphor

– Character and Representation - looking at transgendered casting in four Shakespearean productions

– Audience, Actor and Space - looking at responses to the performance space at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

• Tutorials at http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/designshake/design/

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Richard II – Differences in Space

Barton / Napier, RSC, 1974

Pimlott / Wilmington, RSC, 2000

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Macbeth – Differences in Context

Davies / Dyer, RSC, 1983

Albery / Laing, RSC, 1996

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Other Performing Arts Collections

• Details of theatrical performances at

– Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database

– National Review of Live Art Reviews Database

– French Theatre resources in the 17th and 18th centuries

• Other collections of note:

– Five Centuries of Scottish Music

– Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music

– Bach Bibliography Database

• http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk

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AHDS Visual Arts

• 20,000 images available in fine art, design, fashion

• http://vads.ahds.ac.uk

• Simple registration required – very basic and completely free

• Images can be used for FE and HE educational and private needs

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Other AHDS Visual Arts Collections

• Victorian Music

• Design Council Slide Collection

• Imperial War Museum

• London College of Fashion: College Archive

• National Fine Art Collection

• Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers