Welcome to the Early Modern British Theater: Access (EMBTA) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
We collect multimedia resources related to British theater and dramatic literature from 1500-1800, so that students can encounter drama as the multisensorial and collaborative artform that it has always been.
Featured Item
David Garrick as Richard III

Ceramic sculpture of David Garrick (1717-1779) as Richard III, dated 1772.