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Researching the 1920s - Here are some links to get you started
Research by Era
1930s	1940s		1950s	1970s
30s Fashion	40s Fashion		Exploring Gender Roles	70s Fashion
General Info on the 30s	Exploring Gender Roles		The 50s – In General
The WPA & FTP	Tin Pan Alley / Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne		50s Slang	Renaissance
	Cole Porter		50s Fashion	Shakespeare Links
			50s Culture	Elizabethan Costuming
Other Research
Classical Scenes	Cold Reading Tips		Asian Theatre	Samuel Beckett
Classical Monologues	Writing Original Monologues		Commedia dell’Arte	George & Ira Gershwin
Contemporary Scenes	TV and Film Scripts
Contemporary Monologues	Radio Plays
Research from Past Shows
Anything Goes			Crazy For You
Cole Porter			Basic Info on the play, “Crazy For You”
30s Fashion			Girl Crazy – the original story that evolved into “Crazy for You.
General Info on the 30s			30s Fashion
Tap Origins: A Brief History			General Information on the 1930s
Lyrics			The Works Progress Administration & The Federal Theater Project
			Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney movies
A Midsummer Night’s Dream			Tap Origins: A Brief History
Shakespeare Links			George & Ira Gershwin
Commedia dell’Arte			Follies
Midsummer Links – Read the play and learn more about it.
			Kiss Me, Kate
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory			Cole Porter
Roald Dahl Fan Club: An excellent resource for information about Roald Dahl. Read the biography and information about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.			Tin Pan Alley / Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne
Vive Les Arts Collection: Read the book.			Taming Of The Shrew
DePaul School of Theater: This is a good web site. Read the director’s and the designers’ statements. This will provide insight into one interpretation of the play.			Exploring Gender Roles
Wonka.com: Just for fun!			40s Fashion
Children’s Theater Company, MN: Read a review.
			Grease!
The Crucible			Basic Info On The PLAY Grease!
Understanding The Crucible – Links gathered by I. Lee and M. Broum. This is THE site to start with. I won’t even describe it… just go there… NOW!			The 50s – In General
The Salem Project			50s Slang
Arthur Miller – Again, TONS of links.			50s Fashion
To do your own research, try starting with these key words: Arthur Miller, The Salem Witch Trials, McCarthyism, Colonialism, Puritanism, the Hollywood Black Lists, Guantanamo Bay Prisoners			70s Fashion
			50s Culture
The Diviners			Les Miserables
General Info on the '30s Everything you ever wanted to know about the 30s.  The Depression, The Dust Bowl, The New Deal, Roosevelt, People and Events, Interviews with people that lived during that time, Photographs, Folk Music			The Official Les Miserable Webpage - tons of research, pronounciation info, etc. on this page.  Dig around!
Divining Rods			Les Miserables Lyrics
Brain Injury from Near-Drowning Links
30s Fashion
Dialects
IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive
Foreigh Accents and National EFL Dialects
Paul Meier Dialect Services

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