Lindell Library: Theater: Start Here

What's in this Guide

This guide will help you:

Locate a review of a play
Locate a monologue or brush up on acting techniques for an audition or class project
Find books and articles for your research in Theater History
Find information on stage lighting, sound effects, or designing a costume
Find production histories, scripts, and other information about particular plays.

Streaming Video

Augsburg theater students have access to thousands of streaming films from library databases. Check out the individual resources below, or just check the “Videos” box in our General Search at library.augsburg.edu. Find more about library access to streaming video on our Videos page.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
A video database for classroom viewing and research projects. Stream thousands of documentaries, classic and independent films. Create clips and playlists, and view transcripts.

Check out our FAQ for questions about public performance rights.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
A vast array of educational and documentary videos from authoritative sources; use them to create playlists and clips. A surprising number of Shakespeare plays are included among the full-length feature films.
- Check out our FAQ for questions about public performance rights.
- Faculty can embed a quiz right into a video for use in class.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Swank Digital Campus provides access to major motion pictures. They can be used in class, or viewed on your own.

Quick Picks

Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new window
Scripts for more than 1,900 plays, many published here for the first time, along with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera.
Black Drama, Second Edition This link opens in a new window
Scripts for 1,462 plays by 233 playwrights, plus detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Many of these plays have never been published before. Includes selected playbills, production photographs, and other ephemera.
Asian American Drama This link opens in a new window
The scripts for hundreds of plays, plus detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Many of these plays have never been published before. Includes selected playbills, production photographs, and other ephemera.
North American Indian Drama This link opens in a new window
Scripts for more than 1,500 plays along with information on related productions, theaters, and production companies from colonial times to the present. Also includes selected playbills, photographs and other ephemera.
North American Women's Drama This link opens in a new window
Scripts for more than 1,500 plays along with information on related productions, theaters, and production companies from colonial times to the present. Also includes selected playbills, photographs and other ephemera.

Shakespeare in Film

The Films on Demand database contains many films of Shakespeare's plays.

Look on the right side of the page for the full list.

Those from the Globe Theatre are listed first — that's the London performing space that is a reconstruction of Shakespeare's own 1599 theater.

Shakespeare in Films on Demand