The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0510  Thursday, 15 October 2009

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Date:       Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 11:53:06 +0100
Subject:    New Library Catalogue at Shakespeare's Globe

Press Release: New Library Catalogue at Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Globe is introducing a new catalogue for its library that 
will facilitate easier use of its collection. The library supports Globe 
Education's research activity, while also serving outside scholars and 
researchers and actors during the Globe's Theatre season.

The catalogue, Ariel, an Access-It web-based library system, will allow 
the library to manage collections of books, serials, electronic 
documents, and multimedia.

The library at Shakespeare's Globe contain texts and criticism of plays 
by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, a selection of 16th and 17th 
century poetry, a range of periodicals (including Shakespeare Survey, 
Shakespeare Bulletin, and Shakespeare Quarterly), and works on the 
Shakespearean sources; theatre history, cultural and social history of 
early modern England, and Shakespeare's Globe (reconstruction, early 
seasons etc).

The Shakespeare's Globe Library and Archives also hold research 
materials relating to all Shakespeare and non-Shakespeare productions 
and adaptations performed on the Globe stage, adaptations of plays by 
Shakespeare performed on the Globe stage, as well as materials relating 
to plays by Shakespeare contemporaries performed as part of Globe 
Education's Read Not Dead staged readings and new plays written for and 
performed at the Globe.

Registration is not required for the catalogue which can be found at 
http://library.shakespearesglobe.com:2000. Appointments to access the 
library, which is open Tuesdays to Thursdays 10am to 5pm, can be made by 
emailing 
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Further information from Katharine Grice on 020 7902 1468, email 

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Notes to Editors

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre concludes its 2009 Young Hearts season on 10 
October 2009. Following this, Love's Labour's Lost will transfer to 
North America for a two-month tour. For the first time ever, 
Shakespeare's Globe will present a show during the festive season, with 
Footsbarn's Christmas Cracker. Box office 020 7401 9919 or 
www.shakespeares-globe.org

Globe Education presents a programme of workshops, lectures, events and 
staged readings all year round along with research seminars and research 
programmes. The theme for the autumn season of public events is 
Shakespeare: Poet and Playhouse. For general enquires about Globe 
Education please call 020 7902 1430 or visit www.globe-education.org

Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition is open all year round. May to September 
from 9am to 5pm and October to April from 10am to 5pm. Admission 
includes a guided tour of the Theatre. For further information, 
telephone 020 7902 1500.

Shakespeare's Globe Shop stocks a variety of products, including season 
specific merchandise. Items can be bought at the on-site shop or on-line 
at www.globe-shop.com.

Capital Campaign -- Shakespeare's Globe is currently fundraising for a 
major development project. The first part of the campaign -- to develop 
a Globe Education and Rehearsal Centre  --  is underway. To find out 
more visit www.shakespeares-globe.org/thesecondstage

The Shakespeare Globe Trust is a registered charity No.266916. The Globe 
receives no public subsidy.


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