The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Theatre and Performance

Nic Leonhardt is the associate director of the DFG project Global Theatre Histories and a lecturer at the Department of Theatre Studies Munich. She is the project leader of the start-up project theatrescapes. Mapping Global Theater Histories and the co-convenor of the Digital Humanities in Theatre Research working group of the IFTR.

Introduction:

Digital Humanities in Performance Research: Creating Knowledge, Sharing

Nic Leonhardt

New Wine in Old Bottles? Historicity and Future of a New Field

Nic Leonhardt & N. N. (Julie Holledge)

Section 1

Exploring the Field - DH Projects in Theatre and Performance Studies

Intro

Ausstage – Researching Australian Live Performance






Jenny Fewster & Julian Meyrick (Australia)

DH and Musical Theatre: Rehearsing Technologies, Creating Communities






Laura Macdonald (England)

Global Networks as Stages: Mapping Theatre Histories






Nic Leonhardt & Tobias Englmeier (Germany)

Wagner’s Worldwide Web - Gero Toegl (Germany)

Playwrights: Henrik Ibsen, Ibsenstage - Frode Helland (Norway)

Playwrights: The Beckett Archive - Anna McLulllan (Ireland)

Playwrights: Shakespeare all over - Sandra Pietrini (Italy)

DH & Intermedial Scholarship in Theatre Studies

Miguel Escobar (Singapore)

Dance: Forsythe Zero One - Scott deLahunta (Germany)

Dance: Pina digital - Sharon Lehner (BAM, USA)

Performance: Per Exemplum the Memory Booth

meLê yamomo (The Netherlands)

Digital Historiography of Media Technology : the Art of Projection






Martin Loiperdinger & Ludwig Vogl-Bienek

‘Digital Theatre, Digital Practice?’ A Dialogue with a representative of the International Theatre Institute (ITI)






Nic Leonhardr & N.N.

Section 2: Methodologies: DH and Theatre Scholarship

Intro

Digital Theatre Historiography - Sarah Bay-Cheng (USA, Univ. of Buffallo)

Quantity versus Quality? - Julian Meyrick (Australia)

Reconstruction reloaded? DH, Virtual Realities and 3D visualizations of historical venues

Dominique Lauvernier/ N.N.

Analyzing Theatrical Performances through DH - Patrick Lonergan (Ireland)

Graphs, Maps, Trees and Theater History - Derek Miller (USA)

Theatre Research and Big Data - Clarisse Bardiot (France)

Data Visualization and Theatre Studies - Debra Caplan (USA)

‘Can DH unite the world of theatre scholars?’

A conversation with Christopher Balme, president of the International Federation for Theatre Research

Nic Leonhardt in dialogue with Christopher B. Balme

Section 3

Digitizing the Ephemeral – Archiving & Preservation

Intro

Digital Curation at Theatre Libraries - Doug Reside (NYPL, Billy Rose Collection)

Digital Custody - The V&A’s Theatre and Performance Collection






Ramona Riedzweski (Victoria & Albert)

The European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP)






Peter Eversmann (Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Archiving Dance - Dance Archive Cologne N.N.)

Digital Theatre - Online Collections - Nic Leonhardt / N.N.

‘Can DH finally help us to fix, record and reconstruct the ephemeral?’

A conversation with representatives of SIBMAS, TLA, and Curators






Nic Leonhardt & N.N.

Section 4: DH in Higher Education

Intro

Digitizing the Classroom - N.N.

DH in Theatre and Performance Research: How to develop a curriculum






Yong Li Lan (Singapore)

Where Research meets Teaching: best practice DH projects with students






N.N.

‘Can we digitize Theatre Education?’

A talk with Peter Eversmann (or another founder of ECLAP)






Nic Leonhardt in dialogue with Peter Eversmann

Bibliography

Glossary

Index