Key Video Databases
- National Theatre Collection 1 This link opens in a new windowDrawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT's Archive.
- National Theatre Collection 2 This link opens in a new windowThis second National Theatre collection offers more performances, ranging from Greek legend and Shakespeare to a wealth of contemporary plays including musical theatre.
- BBC Shakespeare This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the 37 Shakespeare plays produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985.
- Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library: CollectionsFree videos from numerous groups and individuals representing performance across the Americas. To find footage, click on an organization's image and then look for links on the following page to Presentations and Works.
Accents & Dialects
- Speech Accent ArchiveThe Speech Accent Archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds.
- Visual Accent Dialect Archive (VADA)An archive of video clips from around the world, providing both aural and visual information about an accent or dialect.
Additional Audio Resources
- Naxos Spoken Word Library This link opens in a new windowAudio files of literature and poetry ranging from medieval times to the twentieth century, and an expanding range of non-fiction.
