1. Arts and Humanities Data ServiceRSC London, November 2004 Alastair Dunning Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive King’s College London

2. How is the AHDS Organised? • Established in 1996 • AHDS Executive (King’s College, London) • AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (Uni. Of Oxford) • AHDS History (Uni. Of Essex) • AHDS Archaeology (Uni. Of York) • AHDS Performing Arts (Uni. of Glasgow) • AHDS Visual Arts (Surrey Inst. of Art and Design) • Funded by the JISC and the AHRB

3. What does the AHDS do? • Advises on the creation of digital data • Collects, preserves and distributes high-quality digital resources for research and teaching • These resources are free for educational and private use • Generally available online • Today’s presentation focuses on AHDS Performing Arts, AHDS Visual Arts

4. Designing Shakespeare • 40 years of Shakespearian performance at London and Stratford • http://performingarts.ahds.ac.uk/designing-shakespeare • Cast lists and play details, photographs of performance, video and audio interviews with directors and designers, virtual reality recreations of sets • Nearly 1100 performances catalogued • Search and browse capabilities

5. Designing Shakespeare • Three ready-made tutorials • Politics and Performance of Place - looking at a two productions that use visual metaphor • Character and Representation - looking at transgendered casting in four Shakespearean productions • Audience, Actor and Space - looking at responses to the performance space at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. • Tutorials at http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/designshake/design/

6. Richard II – Differences in Space Pimlott / Wilmington, RSC, 2000 Barton / Napier, RSC, 1974

7. Macbeth – Differences in Context Albery / Laing, RSC, 1996 Davies / Dyer, RSC, 1983

8. Other Performing Arts Collections • Details of theatrical performances at • Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database • National Review of Live Art Reviews Database • French Theatre resources in the 17th and 18th centuries • Other collections of note: • Five Centuries of Scottish Music • Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music • Bach Bibliography Database • http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk

9. AHDS Visual Arts • 20,000 images available in fine art, design, fashion • http://vads.ahds.ac.uk • Simple registration required – very basic and completely free • Images can be used for FE and HE educational and private needs

10. Other AHDS Visual Arts Collections • Victorian Music • Design Council Slide Collection • Imperial War Museum • London College of Fashion: College Archive • National Fine Art Collection • Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers