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This collection of documents offers insights into the performance practice in the particular space of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. It details the way in which the theatre was constructed as a place of radical experiment. It documents performances through prompt books, wardrobe notes, programs, publicity material, annual reports, show reports, photographs and architectural plans.

Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library, showcases rare and unique prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theaters throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.

Drama Online contains full texts and full-length filmed performances of plays ranging from Aeschylus to the present day, with supplementary material including first night program texts, critical analyses, and images from the Victoria and Albert Museum's archive of production photos. Includes the Core Collection, Critical Studies and Performance Practice, Nick Hern Books Modern Plays, National Theatre Collection, RSC Live Collection, and Aurora Metro Books, among others.

Digital Theatre Plus provides access to filmed interviews and insights from playwrights, directors, designers, musicians, actors involved in the playmaking process, prepared workshop materials, Experience the thrill of watching theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe from the comfort of your own home, school, college or university thanks to Globe on Screen. These productions are shown in their entirety giving you the opportunity to enjoy the world famous Globe Theatre and these critically acclaimed performances.scene and character studies, plot summaries and teachable background information.

Provides streaming video access of 400 hours of additional classic and contemporary plays and documentaries, including many new performances from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre collection (Opus Arte), Theatre Arts Films, the BBC, and TMW Media Group

Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.