LibGuides: Theatre: Find Audio and Videos

Audiovisual databases for Theatre:

Audiovisual databases for theatre:

Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window Video recordings of theatre, audio, and poetry productions as well as interviews, lectures, documentaries, teaching materials, and written resources on all aspects of theatre. Terms of Use.
Drama Online: National Theatre Collections 1-3 This link opens in a new window Videos and images of National Theatre Live Broadcasts, including Greek legend, Shakespeare, and contemporary plays. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2024.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window Streaming films and documentaries from Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, The Great Courses, and Psychotherapy.net. Faculty may log in and request additional films on https://www.kanopy.com/search to be added per the Streaming Video Policy. | Terms of Use. Coverage: 1894-present.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window Streaming films and documentaries from 30+ major studios. Our subscription provides the 1,000 most-requested videos on the platform (updated June 2024). Faculty may create accounts to request additional titles per the Streaming Video Policy. | How to create an instructor account and request films.
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window Includes nearly 2,000 plays by 419 playwrights, information on related productions, theaters, production companies, as well as selected playbills, production photographs and other related ephemera. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1930s-present. Restricted to 5 users at a time.

Search the Leatherby Libraries catalog for DVDs, CDs, etc.

Free and Legal Audio and Visual

There are also a number of great sources to find audio and video on the Internet.

The is a selection of links that provide public domain or Creative Commons licensed audio/video sources. Please also see the Copyright for Performing Arts Guide for more.

A selection of audio and video resources online:

British Library Sounds 80,000 Free audio recordings from the British library. Recordings include world music, classical music, interviews, nature sounds, and more.
Internet Archive- Audio Archive Explore all of the audio collections hosted by the Internet Archive. From the site: "This library contains recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download."
Prelinger Archives - Internet Archive From the site: "Rick Prelinger and The Internet Archive hereby offer public domain films from Prelinger Archives to all for free downloading and reuse. You are warmly encouraged to download, use and reproduce these films in whole or in part, in any medium or market throughout the world. You are also warmly encouraged to share, exchange, redistribute, transfer and copy these films, and especially encouraged to do so for free."