The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to now offer access to Collection 3 of Drama Online: National Theatre Collections 1-3.

This database contains videos and images of contemporary plays from National Theatre Live Broadcasts. The third collection adds 20 performances, from Greek tragedy, a medieval morality play, and Shakespeare, to plays about Generation Z.

Select available performances include:

  • Phaedra: Writer-Director Simon Stone reimagines Seneca’s famous tragedy.
  • Antony and Cleopatra: Politics and passion are intertwined in Shakespeare’s gripping tale of power. Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo star in the title roles.
  • Much Ado About Nothing: Escape to the Italian Riviera in Simon Godwin’s production with a cast including Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan.
  • The Crucible: Olivier Award-winner Lyndsey Turner directs this electrifying new production with designs by Es Devlin in a restaging of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece.
  • Our Generation: Created from five years of interviews with 12 young people from across the UK, this captivating coming-of-age play is for anyone who is – or has ever been – a teenager.
  • As You Like It: Disguising herself as a boy, Rosalind embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love with Orlando in Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change.
  • The Great Wave: On a Japanese beach, teenager Hanako is lost to the sea. Their mother, however, can’t shake the feeling that her missing daughter is still alive, and soon, a family tragedy takes on a global political dimension.
  • Trouble in Mind: In 1950s America, protests for racial equality erupt in the face of voter suppression. On Broadway, Wiletta Mayer, a talented black actress, begins rehearsals for a new play about racism – written and directed by two white men.
  • Hamlet: Hamlet’s dad is dead. His uncle takes over the kingdom and marries Hamlet’s mum. The whole world feels like it has turned upside down. This energetic and engaging school production retells Shakespeare’s tragedy.
  • Romeo and Julie: Romeo is a single dad hanging on tight. Julie is fighting to follow her dream of studying at Cambridge. Two Welsh teens raised a few streets apart – but from entirely different worlds – crash into first love and are knocked off their feet.
  • The Wife of Willesden: Critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, best-selling author Zadie Smith’s rambunctious play transports Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath to 21st Century Northwest London.
  • And more!

Please contact the Chair of Resources & Scholarly Communications, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, at laughtin@chapman.edu or the Chair of Instructional Services (and Performing Arts Librarian) Taylor Greene, at tgreene@chapman.edu if you have any questions.