Film and Video at UD Library
The Film and Video Collection Department, located on the Library's lower level, provides DVDs (including some Blu-Ray discs), videotapes, and 16mm films. Additional information about viewing carrels, reservations for classes, and borrowing of media items is available at the link above. For search tips, see the Library guide Finding Videos.
Streaming Video
- Theatre in Video This link opens in a new windowThe Theatre in Video collections provide definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with film documentaries. The databases include the BBC Shakespeare Collection and live performances and film documentaries of well-known playwrights such as Ibsen, O'Neill, Miller, Beckett, Albee, and Pinter.
- BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new windowThis collection includes streaming video of 37 Shakespeare plays. Produced by Cedric Messina and Dr. Jonathan Miller, it includes performances by Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent. Users will need a high-speed Internet connection (DSL or cable, no dial-up) and audio capabilities (sound card) to accommodate streaming audio and video.
- Broadway On Demand Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 200+ videos curated to help foster a deeper understanding of the theatrical arts. Content includes musicals, plays, dance performances, behind-the-scenes series, documentaries, and masterclasses.
- National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new windowContains 30 performances by the UK’s National Theatre, including digitized archival materials such as photographs, scripts and costume designs which provide behind-the-scenes background and contextual information.
- HowlRound Theatre CommonsAn open access collection of videos of interviews, playwriting masterclasses, and performances geared toward diverse theatre practitioners.
- Docuseek: Drama and TheaterDocumentary films from Docuseek on the subjects of drama and theater