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

Audio & Video of productions

The Librarian for Theatre is working to acquire subscriptions to more theatre and performing arts video streaming platforms. Stay tuned for more information.

Naxos Video Library
A streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, documentaries, and master classes.
Maximum Users: 10

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