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ModernDrama.com is Relaunched

On November 4, 2010, the long anticipated relaunch of ModernDrama.ca finally arrived. This new version of ModernDrama.ca introduces a host of new features and functionality for the study of performance and culture.

New features of the relaunched Website include:

  • Hyperlinked Glossary of Theatre Terms;
  • Interviews and talks with Peter Minshall;
  • "Bazodee" Caribana-related video and image resources;
  • Historical VR reconstructions of ancient rituals; and
  • Site-wide search.

New functionality introduced in the Website includes:

  • Site-wide layout and user interface redesign;
  • Exhibit creation functionality;
  • Enhanced video and multimedia resource browsing;
  • Larger, faster, better quality Flash-video viewing;
  • "Lightbox" tool for viewing images full-size; and
  • Drupal Content Management System integration, including custom modules.

Thank you to the development team, research assistants, and partner researchers for their hard work on the new and improved ModernDrama.ca.

Have a look around, let us know what you think!

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Chronology

MODERN THEATRE IN CONTEXT is an interactive chronology. It includes facts and commentary about plays and performances, as well as biographies, information about genres and movements, headlines and news items illustrating Political, Artistic and Scientific developments through each decade.

Go to the chronology