Theatre Arts: Video

27 plays from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Excellent quality, with many favorites as well as more obscure plays.

A large collection of plays and videos about theatre production

(SAMPLES ONLY CURRENTLY) National Theatre Collection is a collection of 50 high quality videos of live performances from the UK's National Theater. Includes classics (Shakespeare and Chekhov) and contemporary, diverse plays and one-hand shows.

a streaming video available through the PCC Library catalog, traces Greek theater from ancient harvest rites to the golden age of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, and includes scenes from Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Medea, and Lysistrata.

Access to this and other streaming video titles is limited to current PCC students, staff, and faculty.

Featuring Rosemary Ingham, this program teaches how to design and construct well-fitted costumes and outfits.

This video discusses many aspects of set design, including production management, supervising construction, creating atmosphere, the relationship between the design elements, lighting, research and visual influences, budget, space limitations, props and the technical rehearsal.

Includes videos on Vocal warmups, swordfighting, masks and physical comedy, as well as acting techniques such as Stanislavski.

This program teaches the basics of mime. It offers easy-to-follow exercises that are designed for student participation.

This video teaches the basics of stage combat with an emphasis on safety through well-planned choreography. It shows how to use such weapons as guns and swords, execute convincing stage falls, and choreograph armed and unarmed combat.