Dear colleagues and friends,
Records of Early English Drama is happy to announce the completion of the most recent phase of the 'How to Track a Bear in Southwark' website: https://trackabear.library.utoronto.ca/. A public exhibit of bibliographic records from REED's Early Modern London Theatres (EMLoT) database, this online resource showcases the history and historiography of the Bear Gardens of early modern London as they appear through transcriptions of pre-1642 texts. In addition to making the resources of the extensive EMLoT database accessible for new users, ‘How to Track a Bear in Southwark’ offers a focused and rich way to introduce and explore the basic elements of early modern archival research and bibliography for undergraduate and junior graduate students.
We invite you to explore the new learning module exhibits, which organize a substantial body of bibliographic records about the Bear Garden venue under three distinct research perspectives. Both the collection and the exhibits are free to use in and out of the classroom, and should be of particular interest for anyone teaching courses in early English theatre.
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