Library Guides: Theatre and Performance Studies: Video & Audio resources

Audio & Video of productions

The Librarian for Theatre is working to acquire subscriptions to theatre and performing arts video streaming platforms. Stay tuned for more information. Please reach out if you would like to recommend a platform or library: janethilts@missouri.edu.

Shakespeare Audio
Literature Online provides this collection of audio recordings of Shakespeare's plays.

Audiovideo resources accessible freely online

Folger Shakespeare Library - Podcasts and recordings
Includes:
- Folger Shakespeare Audio Editions (excerpts performed by leading Shakespearean actors)
- interviews with leading actors
- and more resources freely accessible online
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) - primary sources about theatre
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available.
- use the Refine Your Results menu to refine by media type (e.g. sound, moving image), location, date range, etc
American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Theatre
- Audio and video clips of historically significant publicly funded radio and television programs.
- Results have been filter to the topic, Theater

DVDs & CDs of productions - Discover@MU

Audio and video recordings of plays can be found through Discover@MU.

Run a search and then use the left sidebar to Filter by Format, ticking audio and/or video.
- Note that online recordings licensed to a different campus cannot be accessed or borrowed but DVDs and CDs can be requested to be sent to Ellis.
Playback equipment can be checked out from the Ellis Library check-out desk.

Discover@MU