Film and Media Collections

Hofstra offers numerous versions of Shakespeare plays on streaming video. Most BBC Shakespeare titles can be found in Films on Demand and Academic Video Online. Many Royal Shakespeare Company productions are in Academic Video Online. 

There are a number of ways to search for this content. If you know the particular play you are interested in, and want to see available versions, search the online catalog at https://hofstra.on.worldcat.org/v2. Try searching using the title and author. For example, ti:(hamlet) AND au:(shakespeare) then limit to Material Type eVideo. Click "view now" in the results to watch the video.