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Test your knowledge of Commedia Del Arte
A quiz to test your knowledge of Commedia and Slap-stick comedy. Also information on how to make masks and characters to colour in. Ideal for Education and schools
http://www.balbydrama.4t.com

Ghost of the Rangeland
A musical journey into the West of yesterday through the eyes of America's last cowboy minstrel. It is a tale depicting the adventures of an old-time philosophical, storytelling, guitar playing saddletramp. An old tale in a new time of how one man and a guitar can bring back into existence the vivid images of a bygone era. "Ghosts of the Rangeland" is not a show of songs, but of storytelling with songs, that is as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago. Performed and produced by Don Edwards, America's #1 Cowboy Singer
http://www.somagency

Theatre Ephemera
Rodney Higginbotham's collection of images primarily from the nineteenth century theatre in the United States, including people, productions and theatres.
http://www.neiu.edu/~rghiggin/ephem/Ephemera.html

WWI in the Adriatic
Informative articles about naval operations in the Adriatic, and the history of the navies involved.
http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/ah1.htm

Gallipoli: History of the Anzacs
Contains contributed pages from other web sites, with links back to these, covering such topics as 'The Last Anzacs', 'Anzac Graves' and the 'Botched Landing'.
http://www.anzacday.org/

Battle of Liege
A description of the fortifications that played a part in the battle of Liege.
http://www.geocities.com/~brialmont

The 36th (Ulster) Division and the Battle of the Somme, 1916
Detailed and informative essay on the role of the British 36th (Ulster) Division in the Battle of the Somme, 1916.
http://users.tibus.com/the-great-war/sommewww.htm

Legion Russe History
History of the volunteers of the Russian Expeditionary Corps in the Moroccan Division during the Second Battle of the Ma rne.
http://members.aol.com/begemot/legion/lrmarne.htm

1916 - Battle of Verdun
A history of the Battle of Verdun from February 1916 to 1918. Provides an account of the bloody struggle for forts Douaumont, Vaux and Souville and the fortress of Verdun itself, and background information on the weapons and forces involved .
http://www.ifrance.com/letunnel/verdun-e.html