How to use this site

The PeoplePlay UK site has been developed for informal learning. However, many of the features of the site will be of use to teachers and students.

• Personal Folders. Visitors to the site can save personal selections of images in their own folders (‘My Stuff’) and be able to access them again when revisiting the site. Click on the Log In button on the top navigation bar to create your own password access.

• Downloadable Images. All images are available to download for non-commercial purposes (please see copyright statement below.) Press the ‘Print’ button at the bottom of each page.

• Discover More Buttons. Each object has its own unique object story; press the ‘Discover More’ button under each image to find out more.

• Easy Search Facilities.

  • Use the Search button on the top level of navigation on each page to search the whole site for text and images.

  • Collections pages: Search the Collections by genre, object or popular search or make more specific enquiries using the Advanced Search page.

What you will need to use the site

This site has been designed to be accessible to a very wide target audience and, as such, the site's content can be viewed by anyone with a connection to the Internet and a functional web browser. However, to view and experience the site at its best quality, these are the recommended minimum hardware and software requirements:

Windows

• Web browser: IE 5.5 or Netscape 6.0 or Mozilla 1.0
• Plugins: Macromedia Flash Player 6, QuickTime 6 or Windows Media Player 6
• Display: 800x600 screen resolution, 24-bit colour depth

MAC

• Web Browser: Explorer 5.0, Safari
• Plugins: Macromedia Flash Player 6, QuickTime Player 6
• Display: 800x600 screen resolution, 24-bit colour depth

Activities for Children and Families

• Download an original toy theatre or toy circus to build at home or play the online games and quizzes on our Activities pages.

• Visit our Children’s Workpage. This page displays items created by children in workshops held at the Museum. For more information about family activities at the Theatre Museum please join the Family Activities mailing list.

Copyright

• The information, artwork, text, video, audio, animation and picture files (collectively, 'Materials') contained within this PeoplePlayUK website are the intellectual property of the Theatre Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum) except where indicated otherwise, and are protected by copyright laws.

• PeoplePlayUK allows reproduction and reuse of items accessed through the website for non-commercial educational and research purposes (as required by the New Opportunities Fund), except where copyright ownership by a third party has been explicitly stated, in which case written permission from the rights holders will be required to use the items.

• Commercial use of any material on this website may only be made with the express, prior, written permission of the rights owner.

• The Theatre Museum has made every effort, for any material for which it does not hold the copyright, to obtain permission from the appropriate copyright holders. However if you believe there has been an infringement or error, please contact us.

Credits

Audio

Site introduction music from the album Better Late than Never by Tom Pilling. All other music recreated from original scores in the Theatre Museum’s archive.

Sound recorded at Pegasus Theatre, Oxford.

Project Team

Site Design and Developers

Adaptive Technologies Ltd