Research Guides: Drama & Theatre Research Guide: Video Content

Video Content

Sometimes you need to see it for yourself. The Library also includes video content in several different formats.

Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
Collection of streaming video to definitive performances of the world's leading plays and film documentaries. Each video is fully transcribed and indexed, and users can create & share playlists, video clips, and embed content onto Blackboard.
All titles include Public Performance Rights and may be used for events that do not charge a fee.
Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Collection of streaming video of dance productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
All titles include Public Performance Rights and may be used for events that do not charge a fee.
Music Online: Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Collection of streaming video to opera performances, documentaries on opera, and interviews with performers.
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre+ provides access to; 500+ HD-quality films of star-studded, classical, contemporary, and international productions. (RSC, BroadwayHD, Shakespeare's Globe, West End, Gecko Theatre) 13,000+ written study guides, essays, research materials, performance studies, and workshop programmes, all designed by industry experts and leading academics.
Catalogue Link: OneSearch.
For Public Performance Rights, please complete the following PPR Form.

Much like books, you can search one of two places:

OneSearch
OneSearch searches across library content and also includes our video holdings.

You will need to use the Advanced Search in OneSearch if you want to search specifically for video content.

In the right-hand menu "Material Type" it looks like this:

Selecting "Video/Film" will limit your search to only video recordings.

Video material in Rosenthal Library is stored on the first floor, in the Multimedia Commons. You must ask at the desk for the item you want.

The Multimedia Commons houses several VHS and DVD players, since we know you may not have one at home!