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American Theatre Archive Project
An initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), ATAP is a network of archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American theatre.
The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (the APGRD)
The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (the APGRD) is a research project based in the Classics Faculty at the University of Oxford. It investigates the performance of ancient texts from Greek tragedy to Roman epic, in any medium and any period, from stage to screen, from antiquity to the present day.
Digital Yiddish Theatre Project
The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project [DYTP] uses digital technology to study and preserve the rich legacy of the Yiddish stage.
Elizabethan Costume Page
Review Elizabethan costumes, patterns, hats and more.
Hemispheric Institute
The Hemispheric Institute gathers artists, scholars, writers, learners, and activists from across the Americas. We focus on social justice and research politically engaged culture and performance. We share this work in digital archives and amplify it through dialogues and public scholarship, residencies, publications, and gatherings.
The History of Costume
These plates consisted of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century. This book is an excellent source for students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers.
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
The International Dialects of English Archive was created in 1998 as the internet's first archive of primary-source recordings of English-language dialects and accents as heard around the world. With roughly 1,600 examples from 120 countries and territories, and more than 170 hours of recordings, IDEA is now the largest archive of its kind.
J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs
The Sayre Collection consists of more than 24,000 photographs of theatrical and vaudeville performers, musicians, and entertainers who played in Seattle between about 1900 and 1955 (some of the materials date back to the 1870s).
Jacob's Pillow Dance
The Jacob’s Pillow Archives document the history of Jacob’s Pillow and the artists who have contributed to its legacy, with particular emphasis on Ted Shawn, Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers, and the Denishawn Company.
Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
The Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is a valuable source of documentation on the history of theatre and is housed in The Rare Book and Manuscript Library. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.
Shakesper: The Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference
SHAKSPER, now in its thirty-second year of serving the academic community, is an edited and moderated, international, e-mail distribution list for discussion among Shakespearean scholars, researchers, instructors, students, and anyone sharing their academic interests and concerns.
The Speech Accent Archive
The speech accent archive is established to uniformly exhibit a large set of speech accents from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English all read the same English paragraph and are carefully recorded.
Stage Source
StageSource provides leadership and services to advance the art of theater in the Greater Boston and New England region. Our mission is to unite theater artists, theater companies, and related organizations in vision and goals that inspire and empower our community to realize its greatest artistic potential.
Theatrecrafts.com
Entertainment Technology Resources & History
Theatre History on the Web
Theatre History on the Web includes links to other theatre-related materials as well as historical material.
Theatre Reviews Limited
Theatre Reviews Limited was originally launched in 1997 as one of the first online websites dedicated to reviewing Broadway, Off and Off-Off Broadway, Cabaret, and Theatre Festivals in New York City.
Tony Awards
The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® are presented by Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The two organizations have jointly administered the Tonys since 1967, the year of the awards ceremony's first national telecast.
University of Bristol Theatre Collection
The Theatre Collection is one of the world’s largest archives of British theatre history and Live Art.
Vandamm Theatrical Photographs, 1900-1957
The Vandamm archive documents almost comprehensively three decades of theatrical history in New York.
Welcome Collection Catalogue
Find thousands of books, manuscripts, visual materials and unpublished archives from our collections, many of them with free online access.
Free Library of Philadelphia Theatre Collection
We’re giving the spotlight to the stars of the silver screen as we feature lobby cards, posters, and promotional materials from our Theatre Collection.

Streaming videos

Acting in Comedy
Acting in Musicals
Acting through Life: Insights from Working Actors
Antigone Sophocles' immortal tragedy ANTIGONE receives a definitive cinematic interpretation in this 1961 film. In ancient Thebes, Greece, two brothers seeking the throne have slain each other in battle. Their father, King Creon (Manos Katrakis), mandates that one will be properly honored with a burial, while the other is left to rot in the elements. Oedipus's daughter, Antigone (Irene Papas), goes against her father's wishes and secretly buries her disgraced brother.
Antigone (Bioscope Media) Antigone is perhaps the most easily accessible of all the great classical tragedies, its theme clear and up-to-date: the conflict between moral and political law. Now the tale of Oedipus and his family comes to its end—he, his wife Jocasta, his sons, and now, at the last, his daughter, all dead.
Hamlet (With David Tennant) An acclaimed Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company's hit production (also a recent Great Performances production), David Tennant meets fellow actors who've tackled this most iconic of roles, including superstar Jude Law, and compares notes on the role's titanic challenges. Tennant digs deep into the text about the doomed Danish Prince alongside the actors Simon Russell Beale and Ben Whishaw.
Hedda Gabler Set in an anonymous corner of suburbia, this contemporary adaptation of Ibsen's play is a shattering exploration of ambition, domestic power and gender roles. Just married, Hedda Gabler and her husband arrive at their new home where Hedda's romantic rival from the past appears. Hedda must confront her desire for a life lived beautifully and without compromise - whatever the cost. This bracing dramatization brings new dimensions to Hedda Gabler's character.
Hedda Gabler (BBC Production) Ibsen's classic story of a woman who sets out to destroy her husband and his smug, middle-class attitudes, but instead finds herself having to make a grave decision. Hedda Gabler is the television debut of the highly acclaimed theatre director, Deborah Warner. A BBC Production.
Macbeth This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.
Macbeth (Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada)
Mastering Stage Presence Any time you present yourself before others, your way of interacting with your listeners is equally as important as what you say. In 24 dynamic sessions, you'll learn how to present yourself successfully, practice exercises to develop physical and vocal freedom, and grasp how to keep your audience's attention. With the skills you'll develop, you can confidently offer your best self to the world.
Moliere: Comedy as Social Critique Moliere (1622-1673), a French actor and playwright, was the greatest of all writers of French comedy. Among his targets were hypocrisy, religion, and affectation.
Othello (BBC) This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. Starring Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins as Othello and Bob Hoskins as Iago.
Othello (Digital Classics Distribution) “John Kani’s Othello is a fine and masterful performance that should make every white actor think twice before blacking up for the Moor,” wrote The Guardian of this raw and powerful interpretation of the play. The production marked the first time an African actor had been cast in the title role opposite a white Desdemona before a multiracial audience in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Process For the very first time on film, THE PROCESS gives the audience a front row seat of world-renowned acting, directing coach, and author Larry Moss, who has coached Academy Award and Golden Globe Winners, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Hilary Swank, Chris Rock, Helen Hunt, Jim Carrey, Hailee Steinfeld, and many others.
The Redfern Story: Fighting for Indigenous Rights Through Theater By the early 1970s, the Sydney suburb of Redfern had grown to be the largest aboriginal community in Australia. Gradual revocation of reserve lands forced many to move to this affordable suburb, quickly overpopulating the area and resulting in tensions between the new inhabitants and police. Though a 1967 Referendum promised to provide long-awaited support to Aboriginal Australians, little changed, and many still struggled with daily experiences of racism and prejudice. In 1971, a small group of Redfern activists came together to seek out ways in which they could address the systematic oppression faced by their community. THE REDFERN STORY documents the crucial work of a group of Redfern activists who used theater to bring the fight for indigenous rights to the larger public in Australia. Influenced by the Black Power movement in the United States, founder Bob Maza and his peers began their work with informal street theater and protests in 1971.
Revealing of Oneself Actors do not create personas out of thin air, but emphasize aspects of their personality. Watch a scene from "Past Perfect." Rebecca Jenkins describes how the character is similar to her personality.
Shakespeare’s Soliloquies Join our troupe of actors in various stages of rehearsal, presenting some of the bard's most poignant speeches that have earned their illustrious place in the history of the theatre, and in all of literature.
A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake: Theatre as a Tool to Heal Social Conflict A SNAKE GIVES BIRTH TO A SNAKE follows a group of South African actors, an American director, and a legendary composer as they try to resurrect that experiment in healing before it disappears. As they challenge audiences to wrestle with their fears and hatreds, the actors begin to question the fragile reconciliation that's held them together.
Tartuffe Molière attacks religious hypocrisy in "Tartuffe" when the main character attempts to seduce Elmire.
Understanding "Waiting for Godot" A brief introduction to the opening of the play and its characters includes still photographs and an excerpt of dialogue.

Suggested DVDs

"O" by a Chickie the Cop production A modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic "Othello". "O" is the school's best basketball player and an NBA hopeful. He is adored by all including his coach and a beautiful classmate. "O" has a troubled friend--the coach's son--who is deeply resentful of his father's preference to "O" on and off the court. The seeds of mistrust are sown and it sets into motion a disturbing chain of events.
Call Number: Reserves (English)
ISBN: 9781588174338
Publication Date: 2002
Beckett on film by Blue Angel Films "The comprehensive cinematic interpretation of Beckett's plays."--Container.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2000
The Crucible by a Nicholas Hytner film ; a David V. Picker production. A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
Call Number: Reserves (English)
Publication Date: 1996
Hamlet by Castle Rock Entertainment presents; produced by David Barron ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh. In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Call Number: Reserves (English)
ISBN: 1419849727
Publication Date: 2007
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which a Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt and death.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2002
The Henrik Ibsen collection by BBC Video
Call Number: PT 8852 E5 H46 2007
ISBN: 9781419851445
Publication Date: 2007
Julius Ceaser by presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2002
Macbeth by presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Driven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2002
Oedipus Rex by a Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada production The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.
Call Number: Reserves (English)
Publication Date: 2002
Othello by presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealousy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2002
Romeo And Juliet by presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Romeo and Juliet.
Call Number: Reserves
Publication Date: 2002
Twelfth Night by produced and directed for television by Paul Kafno ; directed for the stage by Kenneth Branagh ; produced for the stage by David Parfitt. After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
Call Number: PR6037.H23 E6 1974
ISBN: 0767083407
Publication Date: 1988
West side story by United Artists This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Call Number: Reserves
ISBN: 0792829269
Publication Date: 1961

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