Women's History Month: Starring in our E-Resources ....

 
Since March 2019 is Women's History Month, we took a look to see who we could find represented in our electronic resources.  The only difficulty was in picking whom to include in this blogpost!

Alexander Street Press have many different female composers and musicians; visit the Jazz Database, or Classical Music Scores to find these famous names:-
 

 

 
 
DIGITAL THEATRE PLUS has many productions and interviews.  Below is a sample of what you can watch!
 

• On Costume Cutting (Michal Shyne)
• Practitioners on Practice: on Stage Management, an interview with Ali Wade 
• A Blues for Nia (Chino Odemba)
• Brown Widow (Leah Chillery)
• Shakespeare's Women Today: Harriet Walter in conversation with Carol Rutter
• Talking about Plays: London Road, an interview with Alecky Blythe
• From Stage to Screen: a Lecture given by Phyllida Lloyd with Fiona Shaw
• Practitioners on Practice ... on Costume Design, an interview with Katrina Lindsay

And there's more!  Drama Online have a whole section on feminist theatre, whilst  Medici TV have documentaries, master classes, interviews and performances of female composers and performers. 

All these are available to RCS staff and students, via the Library website or by searching Catalogue Plus. Staff are happy to help if you have any difficulty finding resources to suit your interests.

100 Theatre Women (Women's History Month)

Whittaker heard it was Women's History Month just now.  So here is a blogpost by Naomi Paxton, an alumna of RSAMD (as we were).

100 Theatre Women, Part 1

Naomi Paxton's Website

About Naomi: "After an undergraduate degree in drama at Goldsmiths College,
Naomi trained in Acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). She has been working professionally as an actor since 1999 and has appeared in the West End and on tour in the UK and Internationally. A passionate and versatile performer ... "  (Visit Naomi's website to find out more.)