Finding filmed versions of stage productions can be challenging. Often the process will include trial and error and exploration. This guide is intended to point at some basic resources and techniques for finding filmed productions. This is still a work in progress, and resources will be added as we find them.
The tabs below collect resources.
As you search, think about terms. Pay attention to playwrights, directors, companies and other terms like genre. These terms will be useful as you dig in looking for more resources. In general, these resources are pretty forgiving and you can just explore.
Important opera performances, interviews and documentaries captured on video and available for streaming.
National Theatre Collection: Volumes I & II bring the stage to life through access to high-definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies. Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, the collections offer a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.
Theatre in Video brings together more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays,together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video.
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