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Digital Video & Music

Still from the National Theatre’s production of Small Island
Photo credit: Small Island, National Theatre Collection

The library subscribes to several services you can use to stream or download music, movies, concerts, plays and TV shows.

Movies and TV

BBC Literary Adaptations in Video

Over 150 adaptations of literary classics, including Pride and Prejudice, David Copperfield, Miss Marple, Jane Eyre and more.

Hoopla

Borrow movies and TV shows to stream in your web browser or enjoy offline on your smartphone or tablet.

Kanopy

Classic films, world cinema, documentaries and popular movies available for on-demand streaming.

Theatre and concerts

Audio Drama: L.A. Theatre Works Collection

Over 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio from the curated archive of L.A. Theatre Works.

Broadway on Demand

Recordings of live performances of musicals, plays and contemporary dance from Broadway and other locations, including several from the Stratford Festival.

Medici.tv

Streaming video collection of live and on demand classical and jazz music concerts, operas and ballets. Medici.tv also contains music documentaries and master classes by leading musicians.

National Theatre Collection

28 video performances and 30 plays from Great Britain’s pre-eminent performing arts institution, plus scripts, costume designs and more.

The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Over 40 videos of Shakespeare’s plays.

Theatre in Video

Performances of major plays from world theatre from the 1950's to the present.

Related theatre databases

Performance Design Archive

All aspects of theater production design from the 17th century through to the present, including set, lighting, sound and costume design, makeup and more.

Popular Theatre: Circus Performance and History

Archival material, reference material and video resources about the history, artistry and ethical dimensions of circus arts.

Theatre in Context

40,000 pages of reference works, encyclopedias, images, flyers, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.

Music

Hoopla

Current and popular albums you can borrow and download or stream online.

Naxos Music Library

Great music from medieval to modern, including classical, jazz, electronic and world music.

Naxos Music Library (Jazz)

A comprehensive collection of jazz legends and contemporary jazz. Includes labels such as Blue Note, EMI, Warner Jazz and Fantasy Jazz.

Naxos Music Library (World)

Traditional and contemporary world music from 32,000+ artists and 150 countries. Includes the complete ARC and Smithsonian Folkways catalogues.

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