ONSTAGE, the Online Data System of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to Today

Authors

  • Frans R. E. Blom University of Amsterdam
  • Harm Nijboer Huygens ING
  • Rob van der Zalm University of Amsterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-00502003

Keywords:

history of theatre, Amsterdam Schouwburg, relational database, performance frequencies, popularity ranking

Abstract

ONSTAGE is the data repository for Amsterdam’s first and most prominent public theatre venue: the Schouwburg. In theatre history, the Amsterdam Schouwburg has a fairly unique place due to its rich body of extant account books, programs and administrative records of annual play lists, and registers of expenses and revenues. These sources, as a most sensitive finger on the theatre’s pulse, can be used as analytical tools that provide access to the theatre’s artistic business, from its foundation in 1638 until today. This data paper is an assessment of the new ONSTAGE data system, in terms of  its  structure, the nature of the data and enrichment, and the research potential. The paper also explores future growth in linked data systems.

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Published

2020-11-04

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Data Papers

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Copyright (c) 2020 Frans R. E. Blom, Harm Nijboer, Rob van der Zalm

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How to Cite

ONSTAGE, the Online Data System of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to Today. (2020). Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(2), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-00502003