Stories
- In pictures
The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
- Article
Crime drama and the realistic cadaver
Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.
- Article
Shakespeare’s cholerics were the real drama queens
In Shakespeare’s times, people’s personalities were categorised by four temperaments. The choleric temperament was hot-tempered and active.
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Acting, disableism and inclusive theatre
Deaf theatre director Jenny Sealey discusses inclusivity, community and the resilience of disabled actors.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Drama Magazines
Date: 1981-1989Reference: PP/KEN/A/2Part of: Keith Kennedy- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Drama Group
Date: 1940s-1950sReference: SA/PHC/H.1/28Part of: Pioneer Health Centre Peckham, with papers of George Scott Williamson MD (1884-1953) and Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)- Books
- Online
Drama, theatre, and identity in the American New Republic / Jeffrey H. Richards.
Richards, Jeffrey HDate: [2005], ©2005- Videos
Drama as therapy : an introduction.
Date: 2002- Books
Drama and discovery : the story of histoplasmosis / Thomas M. Daniel and Gerald L. Baum.
Daniel, Thomas M., 1928-Date: 2002