Reed Online
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Reed Online
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Alexandra F. Johnston
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Description
The Records of Early English Drama, or "REED" Online, is a digital collaboration website between a wide variety of professors, focuses on early forms of entertainment in England. Primarily focused on theatre works, such as drama and music, set before 1642, before Puritans had all theatres in England closed down. The collaborative site is dedicated to finding and preserving all evidence of early entertainment.
Here you can find countless different documents of all kinds, from manuscripts to pamphlets, down to images of props and foods used at the time. You can even find documents highlighting criminal activity during certain theatrical events.
Even if a particular document doesn’t do you much good in terms of research, each item is accompanied by an in-depth description and context from a number of the site’s collaborators.
Unaware of how to get started? No worries, as REED Online offers plenty of tips on how to start your research, right at the home menu!
Here you can find countless different documents of all kinds, from manuscripts to pamphlets, down to images of props and foods used at the time. You can even find documents highlighting criminal activity during certain theatrical events.
Even if a particular document doesn’t do you much good in terms of research, each item is accompanied by an in-depth description and context from a number of the site’s collaborators.
Unaware of how to get started? No worries, as REED Online offers plenty of tips on how to start your research, right at the home menu!
Requirements
Good sense of navigation and patience. The site can look a little intimating at first, and scrolling around quickly will not help you find a good document to research.
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Information on why the Puritans closed down theatres in 1642 is ideal, giving you more of an understanding as to why this site focuses on early preserved documents in theatre.